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"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content."
- Theodore Sturgeon
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| Micro Book (Microbook) | ||
| A very small volume, possibly an electronic book. |
This is a very early reference to this idea in science fiction. You might also be interested in the filament paper book from Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune.
| There were even microbooks in the rocket, with a small pocket-model viewer; there was hardly space for a projector. |
| Technovelgy from One Way Trip,
by Anthony Boucher. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1943 Additional resources -
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It is not clear whether this refers to a very small book that requires some sort of magnification ( a viewer) or possibly an electronic book. An early (unambiguous) reference to the idea of electronic books can be found in Stanislaw Lem's 1961 novel Return from the Stars; see the entry for opton.
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