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"Does it open a new horizon for my thinking? Does it lead me to think new kinds of thoughts, that I would not otherwise perhaps have thought at all? These qualities are what [make] science fiction ...unique."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Wireless Wrist Intercom | ||
| A portable wireless intercom, worn on the wrist. |
No futuristic detail is spared, as John Cabal, leader of the great underground city, looks for a candidate for a voyage to the Moon.
 (Ultramodern wireless wrist intercom) |
| From The Shape of Things To Come,
by H.G. Wells. Published by Alexander Korda Productions in 1936 Additional resources -
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In case you're wondering, Chester Gould didn't add the famous 2-way wrist radio to his Dick Tracy comic strip until 1946, after a conversation with inventor Al Gross.
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