Sorcerer’s apprentice’s mop

Sorcerer’s apprentice’s mop

A device or gadget which, if introduced into a society will spread, become pervasive, and change every aspect of society (cf. the telephone or the nanobots in Greg Bear's Blood Music). Authors who intend such devices as throwaways introduce them into their storeys at great peril, because eventually the author must either abruptly chop off exploration of the gadget (frustrating the reader) or make it the focus of the entire storey (frustrating the author).

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