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"Cyberpunk worked when the Internet was in its hand-wound crystal radio phase, when you had to be a sort of hobbyist to do e-mail, and it all had a very steep learning curve. Those days are over."
- William Gibson
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| Magnetic Sandals | ||
| Special footgear to walk in zero-gee spacecraft. |
| Magnetic sandals clicked outside. Haldane opened the door. Captain Kellon, smiling suavely, handed him a pair of metal-soled footgear, and a weighted belt...
Magnetic soles clicking on a path of flexible expanded metal, Kellon led them toward the edge of the field. |
| Technovelgy from Star of Dreams,
by Jack Williamson. Published by Comet in 1941 Additional resources -
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Larry Niven uses this phrase in his 1966 story The Warriors:
Compare to space-boots from The Passing of Ku Sui (1932) by Anthony Gilmore, magnetic boots from Atomic Fire (1931) by Raymond Z. Gallun, mudshoes from Parasite Planet (1935) by Stanley G. Weinbaum, vacuum-cupped sandals from Voyage 13 (1938) by Ray Cummings, antigrav boots from The Day We Celebrate (1941) by Nelson S. Bond, magnetic shoes from The Dual World (1938) by Arthur K. Barnes,
Steel-Lined Space Boots from Roamer of the Stars (1938) by Clyde Wilson, the neutronium slippers from Revolt on the Tenth World (1940) by Edmond Hamilton, space socks from Lost Rocket (1941) by Manly Wade Wellman, the weight shoes from The World With A Thousand Moons (1942) by Edmond Hamilton, magnetic-soled shoes from Space Tug (1953) by Murray Leinster, the grip shoes from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Arthur C. Clarke and the flexible sprung boots from Inherit the Stars (1977) by James P. Hogan.
Jim Davis had come into view... He bounced by, walking on magnetic sandals, looking like a comedian as he bobbed about the magnetic plates. "Hi, group," he called as he went by.
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