March 2, 2005

Orbit to Earth

Phone1.jpg Dr. Heywood Floyd has a moment to spare before catching the Aries shuttle to Clavius Moon colony, so he does what any father travelling on business does. He phones home. But this isn't one of those dial the operator and ask to reverse the charges affairs. Floyd rings from a hands-free video phone that has a twenty-inch colour display and takes credit cards.

From David Szondy's Tales of Future Past via FutureWire.

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