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"We didn't have a telephone and our family until I was about 15, in high school."
- Ray Bradbury
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| Static Field | ||
| A defense against a spy beam. |
| A guard entered, walked to the table, picked up the recorder, looked at all sides of it, and put it in his pocket.
Avakin said quietly, "I will need that instrument." "We will supply you with one, Counselor, that does not cast a static field." |
| Technovelgy from Foundation,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Doubleday in 1951 Additional resources -
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