"Jill looked at herself with satisfaction and took the bounce tube up to the roof.Page 18
She was looking for Ben Caxton when the roof orderly touched her arm. "There's a car paging you, Miss Boardman-that Talbot saloon."
"Thanks, Jack." she saw the taxi spotted for take-off, with its door open...The taxi was on automatic; its door closed and it took to the air, swung out of the circle and sliced across the Potomac"
I initially picked this quote in order to pick on science fiction writers for trying too hard. Whenever a novel is set in the future people go to the roofs of their homes in order to travel, be it by hover board, flying car or bungee jacket. The authors try to turn life upside down around the reader in order to put them in the mindset to imagine grand unfamiliarities. When I looked into this quote more, I saw how important the Talbot saloon was. That make of car was built in the 1920's. By placing it in the air, the top of a building this anachronistic element is a perfect touch.
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