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"did I had an extremely expensive wife - she would see a new car that she liked and just buy it... under California law I was bound to buy her debts. I think I turned out 16 novels in five years."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Robotaxi | ||
| A fully automated, driverless taxi. |
As far as I know, the first use of "robotaxi" in science fiction.
| The trance persisted as he settled back in a robotaxi and the brilliant lights of the streets flashed past. |
| Technovelgy from Dugal Was A Spaceman,
by Joe Gibson. Published by Science Fiction Quarterly in 1953 Additional resources -
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Compare to robot taxi from Solar Lottery (1955) by Philip K. Dick.
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'the unobtrusive inspections with tiny remote-cast snoopers...'
I'm hoping that this procedure becomes a normal part of medical practice!
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'...its streets were of remarkable width, with few or no buildings so high as mosques, churches, State-offices, or palaces in Tellurian cities.'
'...it was all composed of tiny, identical cubes, carefully laid to form a tilelike surface.'
