Real versus hyperreal

[sawyl]

Following on from yesterday's comment about Rickson's, here's a quote from Spook County that I rather liked:

But this new Devonian sea, the blood-warm shallows in which these visions swam, belonged not to Ativan but to Rize, a Japanese product for which Milgrim had immediately formed a firm respect. There were possibilities inherent in Rize, he sensed, that might only be revealed with further application. There was a sense of mobility that had been lacking recently — though he wondered if that had anything to do with the fact that he was being held captive.