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"We were essentially being shell-shocked by rapid change. That was one of the things you needed science-fiction writers for back in the Sixties, because we could cope with the future."
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| Spatial-Postal Card | ||
| Mail from home - that hungry soldiers can also eat. |
| On one side of the card was a picture of the Noisome-Offal refinery just outside his home town, and this alone was enough to raise a lump in his throat...
Bill was shocked when he saw Tembo read the card one last time then plunge it into his cup of dinner. "What are you doing that for?" he asked, shocked. "What else is mail good for?" Tembo hummed, and poked the card deeper. "You just watch this now." Before Bill's startled gaze, and right in front of his eyes, the card was starting to swell. The white surface broke off and fell away in tiny flakes while the brown insides grew and grew until they filled the cup and were an inch thick. Tembo fished the dripping slab out and took a large bite from one corner. "Dehydrated chocolate," he said indistinctly. "Good! Try yours." |
| Technovelgy from Bill the Galactic Hero,
by Harry Harrison. Published by Unknown in 1965 Additional resources -
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Thanks to BajaB for pointing this one out.
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