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Some Day, You’ll Have a Telephone with a Screen and Be Able To Dial a Book
Question for Quote Investigator: The host of a video on YouTube mentioned a remarkably prescient quotation from a New York book dealer in the 1960s who predicted that telephones would have screens, and people would read books on those screens selected from a large electronic library. Would you please explore this…
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History & Retro ComputingSociety, Policy & Culture2019
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2019 | Some Day, You’ll Have a Telephone with a Screen and Be Able To Dial a Book by everbody | 197 | 79 |
