After mentioning aircars, we find a different means of transport:
two spacemen, Diaz and Bailey, catch a giro outside their hotel;
Diaz punches the name of a cantina;
the autopilot searches its directory and swings the cab onto a skyrail;
the great view through the bubble comprises blazing city, glowing ocean and full moon with a glittering Unasian (United Asian) (enemy) base;
the giro descends to the street and rolls three blocks to the cantina whose interior is then described vividly.
A one-off story but a densely realized Andersonian future.
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