In an earlier post, Senlac, I wrote:
"On a page that I will find when rereading, Havig remarks that a cubicle in a public toilet is a more discrete place than Clark Kent's telephone booth for a time traveler to disappear in."
I made the same remark in different words in Poul Anderson On Comics.
What Poul Anderson in fact wrote was:
"'Know where the best place usually is for unnoticed chronokinesis in a modern city? Not Superman's telephone booth. A public lavatory stall. Real romantic, huh?'"
-Poul Anderson, There Will Be Time (New York, 1973), X, p. 105.
In the first Superman film starring Christopher Reeve, Clark found that a public telephone booth was too small and instead used a revolving door at superspeed.
See also Superman In Public Consciousness And Popular Culture.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Ha! Amusing, that mutant time travelers discovered that the most convenient locations for them to do time traveling are public lavatory stalls. With the doors closed, I assume!
Sean
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