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Prominent Author by Philip K. Dick:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
"It was the dawn of a golden age of transportation. Terran Development was ready to market a fourth dimension "vehicle" which afforded almost instantaneous travel.
For instance, Henry Ellis commuted 160 miles to work in five steps
and a few seconds. Then, one morning, he met
some people on the way . .."
('Prominent Author' by Philip K. Dick)
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