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"Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together."
- Ray Bradbury
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| Spray-On Clothing Web | ||
| A 'web' clothing foundation that can be sprayed on and then molded by a couturier. |
Ladies, why not indulge in a completely unique one-of-a-kind fashion, worn only once, created on the spot?
| Andre tapped his chin. "And now, the foundation."
He sprayed her with gray-green web, touched and pulled as the strands set. He adjusted knurled knobs at the ends of a flexible tube, pressed it around her waist, swept it away and it trailed shining black-green silk. He artfully twisted and wound his tube. He put the frame back in the kit, pulled, twisted, pinched while the silk set. |
| Technovelgy from Abercrombie Station,
by Jack Vance. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1952 Additional resources -
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See also the spray-on clothing from Return From the Stars (1961) by Stanislaw Lem and the spray-foam blouse from Galactic Pot-Healer (1969) by Philip K. Dick.
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