Things we hope will never be real...

[kengr]

Helping a writer with a story, I was reminded of this idea....


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk#Reuse_in_science_fiction_and_popular_culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Langford#Basilisks

http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/c-b-faq.html

http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm

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[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

The title of the first published novel of an acquaintance of mine is _Lure of the Basilisk_. That's from 1980.