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"I myself feel that our country, for whose Constitution I fought in a just war, might as well have been invaded by Martians and body snatchers."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Bug | ||
| A compact vehicle for planetary surfaces - like Mercury. |
| We had four Bugs, three of them the light pillow-tire models, with special lead-cooled cut-in engines when the heat set in...
I could see the Major and McIvers crawling out behind me, their pillow tires taking the rugged floor of the gorge smoothly... Over everything was gray dust - silicates and salts, pumice and limestone and granite ash, filling crevices and declivities - offering a soft, treacherous surface for the Bug's pillow tires.
 (The Bug from Brightside Crossing
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