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* The Dunyain from the ''[[Prince of Nothing]]'' books by R. Scott Bakker are essentially unisex Bene Gesserit with a few Mentat skills for good measure. |
* The Dunyain from the ''[[Prince of Nothing]]'' books by R. Scott Bakker are essentially unisex Bene Gesserit with a few Mentat skills for good measure. |
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* The Envoys from Richard K. Morgan's ''[[Altered Carbon]]'' (and sequels) are all capable of manipulating their bodily functions. In ''Broken Angels'', Takeshi Kovacs {{spoiler|has a neural inhibitor remote attached to his skull programmed to kill or sedate him if he so much as got angry. Willing himself completely calm, he rips it out of his head without triggering its responses.}} |
* The Envoys from Richard K. Morgan's ''[[Altered Carbon]]'' (and sequels) are all capable of manipulating their bodily functions. In ''Broken Angels'', Takeshi Kovacs {{spoiler|has a neural inhibitor remote attached to his skull programmed to kill or sedate him if he so much as got angry. Willing himself completely calm, he rips it out of his head without triggering its responses.}} |
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* [[Cory Doctorow]]'s story "[http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/ 0wnz0r3d]" features computer hackers that figured out how to hack their own bodies. Among other things, they spawn custom T-cells that infect HIV-positve people and cure them. |
* [[Cory Doctorow]]'s story "[https://web.archive.org/web/20110901170457/http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2002/08/28/0wnz0red/ 0wnz0r3d]" features computer hackers that figured out how to hack their own bodies. Among other things, they spawn custom T-cells that infect HIV-positve people and cure them. |
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* Almost every book by [[Poul Anderson]] features biofeedback. ''The Boat of a Million Years'' has Hanno the immortal who learned to accelerate his own already enhanced healing (he ''was'' an immortal after all). |
* Almost every book by [[Poul Anderson]] features biofeedback. ''The Boat of a Million Years'' has Hanno the immortal who learned to accelerate his own already enhanced healing (he ''was'' an immortal after all). |
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* The Monastics from ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'' books have their Control Disciplines. |
* The Monastics from ''[[The Acts of Caine]]'' books have their Control Disciplines. |
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