| "BLIT" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by David Langford | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Interzone |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | 1988 |
"BLIT" (acronym of Berryman Logical Image Technique) is a 1988 science fiction short story by the British writer David Langford.
It takes place in a setting where highly dangerous types of images called "basilisks" (after the legendary reptile) have been discovered; these images contain patterns within them that exploit flaws in the structure of the human mind to produce a lethal reaction, effectively "crashing" the mind the way a computer program crashes when given data that it fails to process.[1][2][3]
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David Langford's Blit (1988) features images generated by fractals that drive people insane.
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