Fred Kiesche writes:
John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar" was published in 1968 and made a
big splash on the SF scene. It portrayed a world of the nearish
future (then), set in 2010, and containing scenes across the whole
planet.
Well, if we're going to go back that far, "Have Space Suit, Will Travel" had a very prominant reference to a slide rule. Has that been mentioned?

When rescued, Cliff sees his slide rule on his bureau and wants to check some of Peewee's calculations. Of course, it's a dummy.....

Dave Barton


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