In Archopolis, Banner stays in a hotel called the Fatima Caravanserai.
In her room:
there is a viewer wall but it can be blanked;
there is not a computer terminal but an infotrieve (the novel was published in 1979);
the infotrieve informs her that she can key for a succession of natural scenes and historic monuments on the wall;
she also keys for pipa music;
she orders a drink that is delivered by conveyor;
the phone has a screen.
Other than that, it is a normal room.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I thought of that "infotrieve" simply as what future centuries called our computer terminals.
Ad astra! Sean
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