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"If I can make you see the world the way I see it, then you will automatically think the way I think."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Teledar | ||
| Three-dimensional television. |
| ...television went three-dimensional and became teledar, inexpensive enough so that every Eskimo could own a set and incidentally the only industry where an actor might make a living.
As teledar took over entertainment, household devices began to move around in the form of robots powered by APRB (All-Purpose Broadcast Power)... |
| Technovelgy from The Jester,
by William Tenn. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1951 Additional resources -
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Compare to the Stereovision Tank from Robert Heinlein's 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land.
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