Comments on The F-Bike Flies!
'The flycycles... a pair of four foot spheres joined by the constriction that held the saddle.'- Larry Niven, 1970. (Read
the complete story)
"Another classic is The Furious Flycycle. One of my favorite books as a kid. It's still on my shelf.
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(Thlayli2003 6/24/2013 5:32:06 PM)
"Sounds like fun! I suppose the Verne reference is to some kind of flying cars."
(Edson 6/24/2013 6:25:33 PM)
"E.T.!"
(Peter Jacobs 6/25/2013 3:39:55 PM)
"And, cue the music!
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(Bill Christensen 6/25/2013 5:21:08 PM)
"I should also add that I found a very early reference to the idea of a flying car in Jules Verne's 1904 novel Master of the World. See the reference to The Terror - a flying car, boat, submarine and plane."
(Bill Christensen 6/25/2013 6:19:50 PM)
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