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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Stellarimeter | ||
| Used by space navigators. |
| “Come on. Then you both have a drink. On me. Real friendly, damn it." His other hand fell toward Rydra's shoulder, but she caught his wrist. The fingers opened from the many-scaled stellarimeter grafted onto his palm. "Navigator?"
He nodded, and she let the hand go, which landed. |
| Technovelgy from Babel-17,
by Samuel R. Delany. Published by Ace Books in 1966 Additional resources -
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Compare to the palm flower from the 1967 novel Logan's Run by William Nolan and G.C. Johnson and to the cardioplate from Harlan Ellison's 1965 novel Repent Harlequin, Said the TickTockMan.
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