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Old 01-17-2018, 12:02 PM   #1311
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Originally Posted by tlc View Post
Even in 90's books, the absence of cell phones and the use of phone booths can be jarring. Jumper (Gould) was one of these.
I've encountered this much more frequently in detective / police procedural fiction than in science fiction. I've read a few where key plot devices would be unusable in a story set since cell phones became common.
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