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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
The Chanur Saga (C. J. Cherryh) has actual magnetic cassette tapes being used. It's always a bit jarring when a mention of them comes up.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Yeah, in her other books as well. I always feel a toothache coming on when I read the word "tape" in one of her books. But there's no helping it.
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I think I mentioned this the last time this came up. For me, the tape references have become exotic and more SF-like again as magnetic tape of all descriptions has dropped out of daily life. So I don't think compact cassette when I read it, I think hand-waving SF plot device. As it should be.
Andrew