Alia touched the letter, experienced an odd sensation of mutual contact. This paper had been in her mother's hands. Such an archaic device, the letter - but personal in a way no recording could achieve.
Children of Dune (1976)
by
Frank Herbert (8 Oct 1920 - 11 Feb 1986)
So true.
ReplyDeleteI borrowed your idea 🙂
DeleteGlad you did!
DeleteHandwritten letters and envelopes are now an archaic device
ReplyDeleteAt least Frank Herbert thought there would still be letters ten thousand years in the future
DeleteThat's a point!
DeleteFinn, I love old-time science-fiction. The authors had such high hope for us.
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