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"At its best, SF is the medium in which our miserable certainty that tomorrow will be different from today in ways we can't predict, can be transmuted to a sense of excitement and anticipation, occasionally evolving into awe."
- John Brunner
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| Ghost Trap | ||
| Device for capture and temporary storage of ectoplasmic entities. |
Although not intended for long-term use, the Ghost Trap does provide a good capture method as well as transport.
 (Ghostbusters ghost trap) |
| From Ghostbusters,
by Harold Ramis. Published by Tri-Star in 1984 Additional resources -
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'Mr. Garden, you are in no condition to drive....'
'A cable, here, from the controller to the interface plug... wires from that to the brain.'
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