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Author: H.B. Carleton Language: English Published: 1956 There will be fine, glittering, streamlined automobiles in 2000 A.D. Possibly they will run themselves while the driver sits back with an old-fashioned in his hands. Perhaps they will carry folks down the highways at ninety miles ...
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Amazing Stories, Dracula, William Morris, and Much More
QuasarDragon — ... 1942. "There will be fine, glittering, streamlined automobiles in 2000 A.D. Possibly they will run themselves while the driver sits back with an old-fashioned in his hands. Perhaps they will carry folks down the highways at ninety miles an hour in perfect safety. But picking up a hitch-hiker will still be as dangerous as it is today." I want my self-driving car! I could drink old-fashioneds if that's what it takes. In free e-book formats HERE. And finally at Manybooks "The Corsair King" by Mór Jókai ...

Friday Free Fiction for 10th October
Futurismic — I don’t know about you, but I’m planning to spend this week assiduously avoiding watching the news. A big batch of free fiction should help… *** Again, only the one super-shorty from Manybooks: “Hard Guy” by H B Carleton *** Most of Feedbooks‘ output appears on Manybooks first… but Feedbooks offer more versions and a much better interface, and that’s market forces, folks. So here’s the ...

SF Tidbits for 10/11/08
SF Signal — ... Mancebo. @Tomorrow Elephant: four stories by Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi. [via Free SF Reader and Variety SF] @Hub: "Life from Mars" by Penelope Friday. Aphelion has a new issue up with fiction by Scott T. Barnes, Ben Whittaker, Jonathan Tidball, Richard Tornello, Eric J. Krause, V. Ulea, A. Kolotove, Roderick D. Turner, Wallace Dorian, Carolyn D. Whiteurst, Robert Moriyama, and Wayne Summers. @Manybooks: "Hard Guy" by H.B. Carleton (1942). "Solander's Radio Tomb" by Ellis Parker Butler ...

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