Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ten of the best instances of invisibility in literature

For the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best instances of invisibility in literature.

One novel on the list:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

There is, of course, the traditional "invisibility field". But a much cheaper alternative is the SEP field. When somebody, or something, is surrounded by an SEP field, the human brain perceives it as "somebody else's problem", and will therefore be incapable of seeing it.
Read about the other nine entries on Mullan's list.

--Marshal Zeringue