"...took out a pocket edition law library and sat down at the table. 

She clicked on the library's viewscreen, tapped the clearing and index buttons.  Behind the screen, one of the multiple rows of pinhead tapes shifted slightly as the index was flicked into reading position." 

"The Universe Against Her," James Schmitz, 1964. 

It's like steampunk, at this point.  :)  It's a laptop.  I love it.  I want to see one.  I want to have one. 

Tags: ebook, steampunk
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