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"I think we could solve our problems more easily through strength of character; but that's always been a commodity in extremely short supply."
- Gregory Benford
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| Airjeep | ||
| A small military air vehicle. |
| They lifted up, the driver turning the nose of the airjeep in the direction of the flames and explosions and magnesium-lights to the south and tapping his booster-button gently. The vehicle shot forward and came floating in over the scene of the fighting. |
| Technovelgy from Uller Uprising,
by H. Beam Piper. Published by Twayne Publishers in 1952 Additional resources -
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Compare to the aerocar from The Abduction of Alexandra Seine (1900), by Fred C. Smale and the skycycle from Handicap (1967), by Larry Niven.
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