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"Science and science fiction, how do you even distinguish the two?"
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![]() As far as I know, this is the first use of this phrase in science fiction, if not elsewhere.
See also the Tin Cabby from Cities in Flight, a set of novels written in the early 1950's by James Blish.
Just for fun, take a look at this visualization of the flying taxicab idea from Fifth Element, the 1997 movie starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich.
Compare also to High Kavalaan aircar from Dying of the Light (1977) by George RR Martin. Comment/Join this discussion ( 2 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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