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.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
That "giro" feels more like another kind of aircar, a type which can both fly and travel on the ground.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
But it travels along a "skyrail" before returning to the street.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!\
I noticed that, but I don't know how literally that should be interpreted.
Ad astra! Sean
'Giro' sounds like something that can run on one or two wheels on one rail and is stabilized by a gyroscope. So it sometimes runs on a 'skyrail' to take it over ground traffic. Whether that might be a practical vehicle is another question.
Kaor, Jim!
I still think a "giro" being a type of aircar which can also travel on the ground makes a bit more sense.
Ad astra! Sean
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