Barney Rosenberg drives a "sandcat" on Mars. ("Un-Man," III, p. 27)
On Venus:
"A descending ramp brought them to a garage where the tanks were stored. These looked not unlike the sandcats of Mars but were built lower and heavier, with a refrigerating tube above and a grapple in the nose."
-"The Big Rain," II, p. 169.
In Heinlein's Future History, indentured men on Venus sing, "Rue the day!" and, in Anderson's Psychotechnic History, Venusians sing about the "Big Rain" to come.
I am always impressed that, whereas Heinlein wrote his single Future History, Anderson presents his Psychotechnic and Technic alternatives. However, in the previous post, Interplanetary Independence, it was Heinlein who presented four parallel future scenarios.
I will publish this before half the screen blanks out again.
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Kaor, Paul!
Reminding me again of that song "The Big Rain" which Anderson wrote is a good reason to start rereading the Psychotechnic stories again! If we had been living in an age where poets and skalds were the "pop stars," Anderson might well have written a good deal more poetry.
Ad astra! Sean
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