Hovercar

The little booklet that Charmaine had bestowed on him contained his flight tickets, itinerary, hotel accommodations, and a full booklet outlining his trip to the Paradise Planet. Trent clutched it like it was a holy manuscript. “I think it’s a splendid idea, honey,” Sally said as she perused the pathways of the Baal flower show and convention. Conventions of all kinds were quite popular on Baal, and there were convention centers seemingly on every street corner, but the flower show was one of the most popular. The center where the show was held four times a year was more like an enormous greenhouse than a building. The people of Baal were fascinated by all kinds of flora, considering that there was so little of it planted in the ground. “I think it’s going to be really good for me,” Trent said, feeling the warmth of the greenhouse air on his skin, and almost choking on the perfume of flowers. “Yes, you’ll be able to clear your head a little. I fully approve,” Sally was talking to her son but also distracted by the various flowers on display. She was always obsessing about which flowers to place around the home, and had been known to spend the whole day arranging and rearranging things until she had it just right. “Look. Hollyhock,” Sally said, touching it with her hand. “Isn’t it ironic?” She moved-on quickly. Even though the situation with the plague was getting quite bad, it was still something that Sally chose not to talk about. After all, it was mostly spreading…

San Francisco’s Top Bounty Hunter Shot Recent security footage from the San Francisco Police Department shows Dave Holden interviewing a mysterious man before getting shot in the chest with a laser gun. The man has not been identified as of yet, but Ann Marsten, secretary of Senior Officer Chief Garland, says that Holden was undergoing a personality test. The man appeared to be calm before suddenly reaching out for his weapon hidden below the table. After shooting three beams, he darted out of…

Fictional dystopia or future reality? To the present day tales and predictions of our future has played a big part in pop culture. Dreams about hovercars, spacecraft and other mysterious machines has been leading the technical evolution forward for years. There has been hope, and happy excitement about what’s to come. But during the last decade things have most definitely changed. Holographic cellphones have been traded for deadly weapons and the hovercars developed into horrendous war tanks.…

In the book Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, the story is about a world filled with Uglies that transition into Prettys. The main character Tally Youngblood's 16th birthday is coming up and she is scared to have the operation to turn Pretty. Tally's best friend Peris is a few months older than her and has already turned pretty and she misses him. So she decides that she is going to go outside of Uglie Town and go to New Pretty Town to see Peris. On her way back from seeing Peris, she meets Shay, a…

For example, in 2002, in Shanghai, the world’s first MagLev, short for Magnetic Levitation, train opened. These trains have many more advantages and benefits compared to standard rail trains. Since the MagLev trains do not actually make contact with the surface, much less maintenance is needed to operate them. They also are better for the environment since the emit no pollution. This is an example of an actual and practical use for Magnetic Levitation, as a form of transport. Hovercars are…

make them forget certain memories and stray from violence and conflict. In order to test a possible cure Tally gives herself up to become a “Pretty,” however while she is living in Pretty Town she does not remember anything about the cure. She is at a party when she is met by an old friend who tells her where to find the cure. Tally and her boyfriend, Zane, find the cure, but are caught by Specials and have to wear cuffs so the Specials can track them. Tally and Zane escape the city after…

flooded the little hillocks and bushes all around, Matt” curled up in the shelter of a rock and cried” • “Matt wept until he was exhausted, which didn’t take long because he was tired already. The sunlight brought a slight warmth to the air, although the wind whipped it away the minute Matt stood up” Chapter:35 • “The tentacle lost the battle and disappeared down the drain with a horrible sucking sound” • “I was joking,” said the woman. “Nobody swims in that river and survives.” • “Listen,…

looks around shyly, and as she was about to speak the alarm clock rings. “Saved by the bell.” thought Lilo as she picked up her things off the floor and left hula practice as the afternoon was over. Once outside of the building Lilo spotted a blue ball of fur rolling towards her and smiled. The little ball of fur uncurled and stood up to reveal Stitch with a bit of messy blue fur and a wide smile. “Lilo! How was practice today?” said Stitch. He had been practicing his english since the…