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mckitterick ([personal profile] mckitterick) wrote2010-02-08 08:51 am

1932 Dynasphere vs. 2010 Uno

How do you improve the motorcycle? Why, get rid of everything it doesn't need! Including the second wheel:


And here's the modern iteration of the one-wheeled cycle:


Click the image to see the story.


Personally, I'd prefer the Dynasphere. Okay, back to work....

[identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm thinking Silverberg wrote a story published as an Ace Double in the 1950s about a vehicle like the Dynasphere. But I think maybe they were sentient aliens, or just perhaps menacing weirdness, and not a person-carrier. Unsure; it's been too long since I read it.

K.

[identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com 2010-02-08 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I suspect Silverberg wrote on every possible concept during that period, so it could be both!