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"I did more research, and realized I almost would rather be a biologist than a writer, because there was incredible stuff going on!"
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| Two-Wheeled Car | ||
| A small passenger vehicle with two centerline wheels. |
It had a rather cramped passenger compartment.
| He picked out a car, still some distance away, but approaching at headlong speed. It braked, and came to a stop alongside them.
It was a small affair, ovoid in shape, and poised on two centerline wheels… As the glassite hood was being swung back into place... |
| Technovelgy from The Roads Must Roll,
by Robert Heinlein. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1940 Additional resources -
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Compare to the Two-Wheeled Ground Car from Doc Smith's First Lensman, published in 1950.
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