Huey
Names: Hueyhueys
First appears in Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost, chapter 23 (Chapter Twenty-Three: Huey)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 23Hueys are android bodies that living humans can control remotely, using a cap and neck ring that paralyzes the user's body.
- Ch 23The huey's paralysis-based control design came directly from a suggestion Thoth made while negotiating with the Skippies.
- Ch 31The huey has passed every test scenario set by the approval committee and will go to full-time alpha testers at work.
- Ch 31The new huey looks more human, resembling an idealized Terry, and can eat normally.
- Ch 31Supporters argue giving people hueys will turn envy-driven resentment of replicants into defence of the new status quo; Terry is skeptical.
- Ch 33Hueys are pitched as letting humans join the replicant elite without dying first, playing off Luddie arguments.
- Ch 33Using a huey could raise average human life expectancy by six to ten years by avoiding everyday risks.
- Ch 34Howard announces hueys, mannies for humans, ready for rollout to early adopters.
- Ch 45Hueys have been rolled out across all civilized worlds with a huge media campaign.
- Ch 45The Luddies and FAITH react furiously to hueys, and about half the UFS governments, mostly authoritarian ones, express concern.
- Ch 72Howard's hueys are selling to travel rental companies and adult-entertainment businesses; politicians opposing them are being voted out.
Connections
- led byMark Harrisproject manager
- related toThothsuggested the key control design
- created byHoward