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Re:Burn the Programmer by proaralyst on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:46PM (#15671547)
In the Quantum Thief (actually one of its sequels) by Hannu Rajaniemi, there are Secret Names that perform magic; one of them was 'Emergency Decompression Protection' and produced a shield around the incanter.
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Re:Burn the Programmer by andrewflnr on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:11PM (#15673078)
Smartcoral's user interface is also pretty similar, though, and that shows up in Quantum Thief proper. :)
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