Message from discussion Quote attribution

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From: rca...@cac.washington.edu (Russ Campbell)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
Subject: Re: Quote attribution
Message-ID: <1991Oct22.185829.1386@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 22 Oct 91 18:58:29 GMT
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In article <58...@apple.Apple.COM>, fl...@apple.com (Charles Flaig) writes:
> Got a question for all you sf buffs out there, and this seems like the place
> to post it.
> 
> Who originally came up with the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology
> is indistinguishable from magic"?  I would like to find out the author's name,
> the book title, year it was printed, and any correction to the quote if I got
> it wrong.  I suspect Niven, Clark, or Asimov, but haven't been able to track
> it down....
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> --Charles
>   fl...@apple.com


Mr. Clarke (spelled with a silent 'e') is the source you're looking for.

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