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"There's no point in making a mistake unless you understand the mistake so that you don’t make it again."
- Alfred Bester
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| Aircab | ||
| A taxicab that is a flying car. |
As far as I know, this is the first use of this phrase, and maybe the first reference to a flying taxicab.
| I fell through the giddy mists. Only an aircab could have saved me. |
| From Farewell to the Master,
by Harry Bates. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1940 Additional resources -
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See also the Tin Cabby from Cities in Flight, a set of novels written in the early 1950's by James Blish.
Just for fun, take a look at this visualization of the flying taxicab idea from Fifth Element, the 1997 movie starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich.
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