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"As the rate of technological development speeds up, the gap between science fiction and what we’re living now is getting narrower all the time."
- Richard Morgan
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| Individual Flyer (Copter) | ||
| A helicopter-like device that can be strapped onto the back. |
Just the thing for exploring the various planes of vibration.
| I was anxious to see what Doc had sent. First out were a pair of individual flyers, with helicopter and pusher attachments. One strapped the apparatus to his waist and shoulders, ran his fingers over the rather complex keyboard, and flew. They were one of the greatest productions of the century. These, unlike most of the commoner types, could be run either by the usual power beam or by individual power plants, with extremely compact storage batteries of the latest sort.
 ('Through the Vibrations' by P. Schuyler Miller) |
| Technovelgy from Through the Vibrations,
by P. Schuyler Miller. Published by Amazing Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
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Compare to the individual flyer from Asteroid Pirates (1938) by Royal Heckman, the jump harness from Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein and the copter harness from The Star Beast (1954) also by Heinlein.
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