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Transportation in Science Fiction
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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
| Harry Bates (1940) | |
| H. Beam Piper (1955) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| George Griffith (1893) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1988) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1951) | |
| Alan Dean Foster (2006) | |
| David H. Keller (1935) | |
| Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) (1952) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1965) | |
| Larry Niven (1985) | |
| Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes) (2000) | |
| Jack Vance (1954) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes) (2000) | |
| Larry Niven (1976) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1954) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1951) | |
| Larry Niven (1972) | |
| Jack Vance (1976) | |
| David H. Keller (1935) | |
| Dan Simmons (1989) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1968) | |
| Larry Niven (1970) | |
| Frank Herbert (1972) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1951) | |
| John Varley (1977) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| Larry Niven (1976) | |
| Jerry Shelton (1947) | |
| Dan Simmons (1989) | |
| John Weston (1950) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1987) | |
| John Jacob Astor IV (1894) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1965) | |
| Paul Black (2003) | |
| William Gibson (1984) | |
| Alfred Bester (1956) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1961) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1918) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| John Jacob Astor IV (1894) | |
| Greg Bear (1985) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1968) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1955) | |
| Jack Vance (1952) | |
| Charles Stross (2005) | |
| H.G. Wells (1899) | |
| Jules Verne (1875) | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1929) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1995) | |
| Rudy Rucker (1988) | |
| Jack Vance (1967) | |
| Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) (1952) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1955) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1969) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1953) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Christopher Stasheff (1969) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1940) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1953) | |
| Ray Bradbury (1950) | |
| Larry Niven (1991) | |
| Jerry Pournelle (1976) | |
| Fritz Leiber (1941) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1998) | |
| Bart Kosko (1987) | |
| Neal Stephenson (1992) | |
| Arthur C. Clarke (1978) | |
| John Varley (1983) | |
| Jane Webb Loudon (1828) | |
| Clifford Simak (1961) | |
| Larry Niven (1970) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (1911) | |
| Hugo Gernsback (1911) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| Alfred Bester (1974) | |
| Alan Dean Foster (2006) | |
| Robert Silverberg (1970) | |
| Clifford Simak (1961) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1940) | |
| Larry Niven (w/S. Barnes) (1981) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1956) | |
| John Jacob Astor IV (1894) | |
| Frank K. Kelly (1933) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| Clifford Simak (1963) |
Related Science Fiction in the News
Evacuated Tube Transport Idea Is 200 Years Old This Year! Take a look at the financial calculations behind this idea; one-tenth the cost of high-speed rail! (re: Robert Heinlein, 4/3/2012 ) |
myTaxi iPhone App May Transform Taxi Business Let's start combining these modern developments to get the services we want. (re: Various, 3/11/2012 ) |
'Loogie Gun' Deployed On Pennsylvania Turnpike Ever been stuck on the highway? (re: Neal Stephenson, 11/23/2011 ) |
VoltAir Electric Aircraft Concept An electric powered aircraft might be quieter and more comfortable. (re: John W. Campbell, 7/21/2011 ) |
Solowheel Self-Balancing Unicycle I'm not sure if this is the future of transportation, but you can carry it easier than a Segway. (re: Robert Heinlein, 2/16/2011 ) |
Could Blimps Replace Planes For Cargo? SF writers haven't given up on dirigibles, neither should we. (re: Jerry Pournelle, 7/1/2010 ) |
Electric Jet Planes With Superconducting Generators A recent study blames 15-20% of arctic melting on high altitude emissions from jet planes. Could electric jet planes work? (re: John W. Campbell, 12/26/2009 ) |
Robotic Roller Skate Micro-Mobility Personal transportation for each foot is an idea that just won't go away; take a look at the prototypes in this short video. (re: Hugo Gernsback, 12/2/2009 ) |
SkyTran's Sky Pod MagLev Taxis Speaking as someone who spent about 6,000 hours commuting to work in a car and steering it down the same road over and over, I'd rather just ride, thanks. When do I get my Sky Pods? (re: Larry Niven, 10/13/2009 ) |
ULTra Personal Pod Driverless Taxis Here! This driverless taxi apparently lacks a depressed robotic driver; it drives itself. (re: James Blish, 8/19/2009 ) |
Rebuild Highways - Or Think Differently It turns out that Larry Niven had an interesting idea for what to do with highways in our modern age. (re: Larry Niven, 1/25/2009 ) |
Laser Aircraft Refueling: Power Transfer Beams? Patent application provides hope that there will be air travel after the age of oil. (re: Gene Roddenberry, 12/9/2008 ) |
What Should A Hybrid Sound Like? If a car could make any sound, what sound should it make? (re: Robert Heinlein, 8/13/2008 ) |
Skyhook Jess Heavy Lifter Like Pournelle's Skyhook Interesting aircraft combines elements of a blimp and a helicopter for transporting heavy equipment and materials where there are no roads. Pournelle fans are already familiar with the idea and the name. (re: Jerry Pournelle, 7/9/2008 ) |
Never-Stop Rail Transit System Proposed Take a look at this approach to a well-known problem; sf writers have their own ideas. (re: Robert Heinlein, 6/19/2008 ) |
Autonomous Docking Laser-Guided Robotic Wheelchair This is a very useful device and it turns out to be even more difficult on Earth. (re: Various, 5/4/2008 ) |
Ticketime Concept Timepiece Ticket Neat concept reminds me of the master, Isaac Asimov, who also wanted to improve tickets. (re: Isaac Asimov, 4/30/2008 ) |
Russians Plan Railroad Gandydancer Robots Russian robots speak of a future worker's paradise - in which the dangerous jobs would be performed by robots. (re: Various, 12/21/2007 ) |
Heinlein Controlways Predicted By Kiwi Profs Professors seem to be channeling RAH on this one. (re: Robert Heinlein, 8/28/2007 ) |
Russian Power Boots Can Use Biofuels These Power Boots are dangerously cool, in fact and in fiction. (re: Charles Stross, 9/15/2006 ) |
ULTra PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) Planned For London The ULTra is back in the news, this time at Heathrow airport. (re: James Blish, 9/9/2006 ) |
Dynalifter Prototype Ready For Flight Amateur aircraft builders create the prototype for giant heavy lifter airships. (re: Jerry Pournelle, 1/5/2006 ) |
Self-Steering Buses In Cambridge Self-steering cars and buses are coming! (re: Robert Heinlein, 1/3/2006 ) |
DARPA's Walrus and Griffith's War-Balloons Not your great-grandfather's airship, the Walrus will be able to lift a fighting force. (re: George Griffith, 9/7/2005 ) |
World's Fastest Elevator Now In World's Tallest Building - Going Up? Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp announced the installation of the world's fastest passenger elevator just exactly where it is needed - in Taipei 101, the world's tallest building. The elevator runs at a top speed of 1,010 meters per minute (re: Isaac Asimov, 12/18/2004 ) |
Stealth Now Old Hat - USAF Looks Into Teleportation Lest you think that our friends at DARPA are the only ones interested in science-fictional possibilities, the USAF recently took delivery on a new study regarding the military potential of teleportation. (re: Frank Herbert, 11/1/2004 ) |
Motosk8 - Next Best Thing To Tele-Motor-Coasters Motosk8 is a very special kind of personal transportation, designed by extreme sports enthusiast Tim Gendle. (re: Hugo Gernsback, 9/30/2004 ) |
ULTra - driverless automatic taxi The ULTra, an automated, driverless taxi system, offers a small private car (up to four passengers) that goes straight to the destination set by the user. (re: Larry Niven, 4/14/2004 ) |
AirScooter II Ultralight: Heinlein's Copter Harness? In 1954, Robert Heinlein described a "copter harness" - you will soon be able to buy the AirScooter II, an easy-to-fly ultralight aircraft that comes pretty close. (re: Robert Heinlein, 4/7/2004 ) |
Poweriser: Extreme Sports Gear from The Diamond Age In The Diamond Age, author Neal Stephenson creates a vivid picture of a future Shanghai. The novel mixes "futuristic" devices based on nanotechnology with simpler mechanical devices that are almost Victorian in their simplicity... Imagine my surpri (re: Neal Stephenson, 3/11/2004 ) |
Ghostrider Robot: Sterling's Smart Motorcycle? The Ghostrider Robot (aka Dexterit), an entrant to the upcoming "Grand Challenge" race sponsored by DARPA, is an autonomous self-balancing robotic motorcycle.< (re: Bruce Sterling, 3/9/2004 ) |
First Flight of a Laser Powered Airplane Today, NASA tested a laser-powered airplane: a 312-gram (11-ounce), 1.5-meter (five-foot) wingspan plane. A laser beam struck the photovoltaic cells that powered the tiny motor that turned its propeller. (re: Larry Niven, 10/11/2003 ) |
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