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"Cyberspace is a metaphor that allows us to grasp this place where since about the time of the second world war we've increasingly done so many of the things that we think of as civilization."
- William Gibson
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| Robopark | ||
| An automated parking garage. |
I know that there are several hundred of these; I'm not sure when they were invented, probably in the 1920's.
| Mary had no intention of letting anyone know where she was going. Outside her friend's apartment she dropped down a bounce tube to the basement, claimed her car from the robopark, guided it up the ramp and set the controls for North Shore. The car waited for a break in the traffic, then dived into the high-speed stream and hurried north. Mary settled back for a nap. |
| From Methuselah's Children,
by Robert Heinlein. Published by Astounding Science-Fiction in 1941 Additional resources -
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This text comes from the 1958 version of the story; in the original version serialized in Astounding Science-Fiction in 1941, the word "robopark" is not used.
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