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"I don't have an e-mail address. As much as I admire the Internet I suffer literally agoraphobia, which in it's original sense means a fear of the marketplace. I do not want to receive three hundred e-mail messages per week from strangers…"
- William Gibson
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| Travel-Rug | ||
| A rug that conveyed you around your house. |
| Maryn stepped on the travel-rug and pressed with her toes. The travel-rug slid with her into a luxurious bedroom.
She pressed down with her heels and the rug stopped 'before a pastel pink egg about five feet high. Maryn pressed down with the toes of her left foot and the heel of her right. The rug pivoted her around... |
| Technovelgy from Roll Out The Rolov!,
by Christopher Anvil. Published by Imagination in 1953 Additional resources -
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Compare to the Hawking mat from Hyperion (1989) by Dan Simmons.
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