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"I'm a farm boy. It's very interesting; you can detect self-starting characteristics in this society and they are strongest among people who have had some kind of rural upbringing and a very impressionable stage."
- Frank Herbert
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| Radson Skimmer | ||
| A small vehicle designed for a small number of passengers; capable of low, slow flight. |
| I stood and drew her to her feet as it buzzed in low - a Radson skimmer: a twenty-foot cockleshell of reflection and transparency; flat-bottomed, blunt-nosed. |
| Technovelgy from This Immortal,
by Roger Zelazny. Published by Ace Science Fiction in 1965 Additional resources -
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The Radson skimmer was capable of long voyages (like crossing the Mediterranean). It was a practical VTOL craft as well:
We set down outside the city. There's no real airport. We just dropped all six Skimmers down in an empty field we used as one...
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