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"...it was very important to the plot to have moving sidewalks, with an elaborate system of sides trips that enabled you to work up to the speed of the sidewalks or to work down to the surrounding, motionless medium."
Aw, shit. I thought I'd made that up.
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@braak: I think the moving sidewalk idea is also used in "The Creature from the Cleveland Depths" by Fritz Leiber.
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@braak: "But just to use the idea and build your own plot or story about it - why, we do that all the time. And they do it from me, too - you know, they use the three laws of robotics - and they're welcome. I have no objection."
Why do you hate America, Isaac?
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