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"Science fiction operates a little bit like science itself, in principle. You've got thousands of people exploring ideas, putting forth their own hypotheses. Most of them are dead wrong; a few stand the test of time; everything looks kind of quaint in hind"
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| Print-Book | ||
| You’ve seen them. |
"Print-book" is a phrase like groundcar, an ordinary automobile in a world of aircars (link has more examples).
| The Book! True, there's the Book. Let's see it."
Seldon produced it and Dors thoughtfully hefted it. She said, "It might not do us any good, Hari. This doesn't look as though it will fit any projector I've ever encountered. That means you'll have to get a Mycogenian projector and they'll want to know why you want it. They'll then find out you have this Book and they'll take it away from you." Seldon smiled. "If your assumptions were correct, Dors, your conclusions would be inescapable, but it happens that this is not the kind of book you think it is. It's not meant to be projected. The material is printed on various pages and the pages are turned. Raindrop Forty-Three explained that much to me." "A print-book!" It was hard to tell whether Dors was shocked or amused. "That's from the Stone Age." |
| Technovelgy from Prelude to Foundation,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Doubleday in 1988 Additional resources -
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Compare to the filmbook, minimic film and filament paper book from Frank Herbert's Dune (1965).
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