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"But the problem with reincarnation is that it's hard to imagine what the storage medium for past lives would be. Not to mention the input-output device. I hesitate to rule it out completely, but I'd need pretty definite proof."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Martian Canal Ice | ||
| Open water ice on the fourth planet. |
| Canal ice was, of course, never cleaned of skate marks; the surface was renewed from time to time by midday thaws until the dead freeze of winter set in. However, it was unlikely that anyone but the two boys had skated over this stretch of ice, so far from any settlement, anytime in months. The ice held scooter tracks to be sure, but, like all skaters, Jim and Frank had avoided them in favor of untouched ice. |
| Technovelgy from Red Planet,
by Robert Heinlein. Published by Scribner in 1949 Additional resources -
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Here's another reference to ice on Mars, from The Gears o Time (1953) by William Morris:
The ground looked normal, but it was incredibly slippery. Correll had walked on sheet ice on Mars, on ice so slippery that the slightest departure from the vertical was sure to lead to a loss of balance.
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