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)
Illustrating Classic Heinlein With AI
'Stasis, cold sleep, hibernation, hypothermia, reduced metabolism, call it what you will - the logistics-medicine research teams had found a way to stack people like cordwood and use them when needed.'
Deflector Plasma Screen For Drones ala Star Wars
'If the enemy persists in attacking or even intensifies their power, the density of the plasma in space will suddenly increase, causing it to reflect most of the incoming energy like a mirror.'