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Worldwalker · 02-01-2011, 01:43 AM

There is no "z" in Tom Swift Electric Rifle (the "a" was added later, for pronounceability).

Read The Machine Stops if you want a startlingly accurate prediction of the future -- and one of a very few stories that predicted the Internet, especially its social nature. Now reflect on the fact that it was written over a hundred years ago.

02-01-2011, 01:43 AM	#5
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	There is no "z" in Tom Swift Electric Rifle (the "a" was added later, for pronounceability). Read The Machine Stops if you want a startlingly accurate prediction of the future -- and one of a very few stories that predicted the Internet, especially its social nature. Now reflect on the fact that it was written over a hundred years ago.