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"We [science fiction writers] always wanted to believe in "private sector" space -- hucksters make better characters than a government does."
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The vistascreen has other admirable properties:
“My second cousin’s nephew,” said
Senula Di, “is one of the finest four-
sense photographers in Yllia.”
“Four-sense photographer?” Laertes
asked.
“Not only are the pictures three dimensional to sight and touch, but they
give off appropriate subtle perfumes,
and the sounds are recorded on the
frame.”
Compare to the parlor walls from Fahrenheit 451 (1953), by Ray Bradbury and the transparent flat panel display from The Shape of Things To Come (1936), by H.G. Wells. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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