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   Gary McGath to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: MT VOID, 01/02/26 -- Vol. 44, No. 27   
   04 Jan 26 19:28:31   
   
   From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 1/4/26 10:40 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > They do the best to keep the reveal hidden: the hairstyles have no   
   > parts, and the men wear turtlenecks. But they don't have slip-ups,   
   > because after they filmed the part on "counter-earth" they flopped   
   > the film. But there are character slips: the main character   
   > doesn't notice the righthand drive in the car, or the fact that   
   > his pants zipper is reversed. And although some tests shown the   
   > organs reversed in his body, they attribute it to errors in the   
   > equipment; don't they ever put a stethoscope to him and notice his   
   > heart is on the wrong side?   
   >   
   > There is also the question of whether organic molecules should be   
   > reversed, and therefore taste and act differently.   
      
   That reminds me of Blish's _Spock Must Die!_ The transporter (if I   
   remember correctly) generates a mirror-image Spock, down to the   
   molecules, and he has to eat specially synthesized food because the   
   molecules of ordinary food aren't compatible with his chemistry.   
      
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   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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