cile1977

I just do not understand why they do not have mobile phones in year of 2060? I almost put down the book when they started to run about trying to find each other in campus, leaving messages on papers that cannot be read... WTF? I did'n finish book yet - is there any explanation of this? Is future in the book in some other multiverse where electromagnetic communication is not possible? Are personal communication devices forbidden in Oxford? Is book written in 1950's?