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"Tokyo homeless people reiterate the whole nature of living in Tokyo in cardboard boxes, they're only slightly smaller than Tokyo apartments, and they have almost as many consumer goods. It's a nightmare of boxes within boxes."
- William Gibson
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| Robotaxi | ||
| A fully automated, driverless taxi. |
As far as I know, the first use of "robotaxi" in science fiction.
| The trance persisted as he settled back in a robotaxi and the brilliant lights of the streets flashed past. |
| Technovelgy from Dugal Was A Spaceman,
by Joe Gibson. Published by Science Fiction Quarterly in 1953 Additional resources -
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Compare to robot taxi from Solar Lottery (1955) by Philip K. Dick.
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