Arthur Clarke wrote "Silence Please" between 1953 and 1956, according to
his Preface to Tales From the White Hart." Only 60 years and we have real
silencers! (For extra credit, what was Fenton's first name?)

J.


On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:06 AM jimlux <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/14/17 7:55 AM, Jeremy Nichols wrote:
> > Thanks for the link! Also interesting, Mr. Tuck's middle name was
> "Fenton,"
> > aka the "Fenton Silencer."
>
> Aka active noise canceller.. actually real these days
>
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