More Daily Life In The Twenty First Century

"Un-Man."

We are told that Brigham City is not a "colony" because it pre-existed post-war resettlements. However, it has almost completely adapted to post-war layout and architecture. OK. So the bulk of the population has been resettled in large apartment buildings and even pre-existing towns have been reorganized. For example, houses are half underground and pedestrians move on slideways. Even when local plantations remain privately owned, they must cooperate to compete against the massive governmentally regulated agricultural combines. People commute by airbus to jobs for example in the Pacific Colony project. Naysmith's boat flies on autopilot at a thousand miles an hour. Local traffic control takes over as he approaches Brigham City but allows him to land inconspicuously in a side lane. The no longer used highway crumbles. We get some hints of daily life even though our attention is on cloak-and-dagger.