Dream Factory (short story)
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| "Dream Factory" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Greg Egan | |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Clarkesworld Magazine |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | April 2022 |
"Dream Factory" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, first published in the Clarkesworld Magazine in April 2022. It describes the development of an app to watch the dreams of pets. The short story was included in the collection Sleep and the Soul in 2023.[1][2]
In the near future, people put electrodes in their pet's brains to make them do tricks. James intends to expose this as nonsense and uses the cat Pawpaw to programm an app, which shows the dreams of pets. But instead of the world realizing, that they should not mess with their brains, the app goes viral after the recommendation of a famous pop singer. James then begins to work on a fake decoy app to undermine his own success.[3][4][5][6]