brentlymax t1_ix35q0o wrote on November 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM Reply to TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio There is a great Venture Bros episode that references this titled "The Diving Bell vs. The Butterglider". It does a mashup of this story with Fantastic Voyage. Permalink 5
brentlymax t1_iuvb2s1 wrote on November 3, 2022 at 7:58 AM Reply to A Mask II [oc] by M0NSTE2 This is great. I'd recommend the Lovecraft story The Whisperer in Darkness to go with this if it didn't already bring inspiration. Permalink 4
brentlymax t1_ix35q0o wrote
Reply to TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio
There is a great Venture Bros episode that references this titled "The Diving Bell vs. The Butterglider". It does a mashup of this story with Fantastic Voyage.