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artificial-river-engineering
River Seven is a hybrid natural and synthetic waterway where half the downstream volume is maintained by silicrobes, and its flow is tightly controlled and monitored.
1 chapter across 1 book
Ribofunk (1996)Paul Di Filippo
2. Infoslam
In this chapter, Dos Santos learns that River Seven, an engineered river system powered by silicrobes, is experiencing a catastrophic shutdown likely caused by sabotage during his absence. The chapter details the biological and technological mechanisms of the river's artificial currents, highlighting the propagation of a shutdown signal through silicrobes and the inevitable death of the downstream and eventually upstream currents.