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# Smoke and mirrors
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/smoke-and-mirrors/
- Published: 2005-02-19T20:19:00.000Z
- Updated: 2005-02-19T20:19:00.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

[Roy](https://roytennant.com/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) [wonders](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000579.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net#comments) if the screenshot showing [works-based access](https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000579.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) below is smoke and mirrors. There is only a puff of smoke involved – really. Roy is right to note that this is not the direct response to an ‘alice’ search. It is several screens into a search (see, for example, that one of the contributors is highlighted), so some focusing has happened. It has also been prettified a little for presentation. But at some stage something quite like this will emerge, we hope!  
In a sense, it is taking some of the work colleagues did in creating [FictionFinder](https://fictionfinder.oclc.org/?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and exposing it more generally.  
Perhaps it is best not to give sneak previews 😉