“Charlie!” Another voice, more earnest than the rest, called her from beyond the red carpet, where a line of riot police were corralling a group of college-age protestors. Charlie guessed they were members of the Sapien Movement, followers of Bob Sapio, the infamous Luddite demagogue. They held signs that read: Consciousness is not in the code, I ≠ Robot, and Death Adler, the latter featuring Jude Adler’s head on a serpentine body. They chanted, “Adler is a Nazi, Adler is a snake, Rivir’s so-called magic is humanity’s big mistake.”
