Panoply

They are bright wooden animals on springs from a firm called Panoply in Chippenham,

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For the present, really, it is like a Nessus 'shirt, burning you into madness, this wretched Enterprise; nay, it is also like a kind of Panoply, rendering you invulnerable, insensible, to all other mischiefs.

The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Carlyle, Thomas 1883

For the present, really, it is like a Nessus 'shirt, burning you into madness, this wretched Enterprise; nay, it is also like a kind of Panoply, rendering you invulnerable, insensible, to all _other_ mischiefs.

The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Thomas Carlyle 1838

So on the appointed day, you kiss your loved ones goodbye, head on down to Panoply Studios, and sign up to be an extra on their latest “live death” extravaganza, Alien Hunger.

"The Extra" by Michael Shea (Tor) Paul 2010

So on the appointed day, you kiss your loved ones goodbye, head on down to Panoply Studios, and sign up to be an extra on their latest “live death” extravaganza, Alien Hunger.

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The set-up resembles Ancient Greek city-state democracy, with a federal police force, the Panoply, that polices every citizen's access to e-democracy.

Ground Control to Prefect Tom Sci-Fi Gene 2009

The set-up resembles Ancient Greek city-state democracy, with a federal police force, the Panoply, that polices every citizen's access to e-democracy.

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Reynolds' characters are often called upon to make moral choices, and this is taken to extremes in The Prefect as Panoply agents are forced, over and over again, to decide whether to "euthanise" individuals or entire habitats to protect the entire Band; in parallel, similar choices have to be made regarding the treatment of senior prefect Aumonier who is infected by a parasite of unknown origin.

Archive 2009-04-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

Reynolds' characters are often called upon to make moral choices, and this is taken to extremes in The Prefect as Panoply agents are forced, over and over again, to decide whether to "euthanise" individuals or entire habitats to protect the entire Band; in parallel, similar choices have to be made regarding the treatment of senior prefect Aumonier who is infected by a parasite of unknown origin.

Ground Control to Prefect Tom Sci-Fi Gene 2009

Panoply field prefect Tom Dreyfus smells a big rat, and with his team, sets out to investigate.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Prefect - Alastair Reynolds Blue Tyson 2007