“The Walmart was like a starship that had landed in the soybean fields. … They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.”

—  Neal Stephenson , book Reamde

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Reamde (2011), Part I: Nine Dragons

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