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"What I have in my stories is ethics. Ethics and morality are very different cups of tea. I adhere to a very strict rigor of personal ethics and I demand it of those around me as well."
- Harlan Ellison
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| Hushicopter | ||
| A nearly-silent helicopter. |
| In the glow of the car's headlights, Morrison made out a helicopter, its rotors turning slowly and its motor making only the slightest purr.
It was one of the new kind, its sound waves suppressed, its smooth surface absorbing, rather than reflecting, radar beams. Its popular name was the "hushicopter"... The automobile stopped and the headlights went out. There was still the faint purr and a few dim violet lights, hardly visible, marked the spot where the hushicopter sat. |
| Technovelgy from Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Spectra in 1987 Additional resources -
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Thanks to Randall G Modesto for pointing this item out.
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