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Worldwalker wrote:
>It's been waaaay too long since I read it, but in Space Cadet,
>didn't Robert Heinlein have the new students required to turn
>in their personal communications devices, which were effectively
>cell phones? Now there's a bit of very accurate prediction!
The cadets were allowed to keep them --- if they were w/in their weight limit, but most shipped them home since they wouldn't work in orbit.
William
(who regretfully recently purchased the ebook of _Space Cadet_ and has yet to forgive Tor for spending the following weekend proofreading instead of leisurely reading)
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