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Old 01-17-2018, 06:32 PM   #1317
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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 don't really mind this at all, I just think of these stories as a sort of alternate history where cellphones didn't catch on, or valid speculation that they will just be a brief fad.

(Edit: A future without mobile phones, I'd class that as utopian SF.)

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