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And now here is the host of the Dead Authors Podcast, Mr. H.G. Wells.

Ahoy there, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Dead Authors

podcast.

I am your host, H.G. Wells, and I do hope you'll forgive my nautical

salutation.

You see, I've just returned from a bit of a recreational

jaunt to the year 3,000 a.D. Why 3,000 you ask? Why indeed? Each destination for which I

plot a course in my fantastical time machine is the result of careful calculation, designed to provide the most intellectual enrichment while simultaneously shedding as much illumination as possible on the human condition.

In this case, however, a bloke down at my local Betmeer Tenor that we'd have

flying cars by then and I desperately wanted to belt him up.

As it happens, we were both right, though for purposes of the wager, I of course was even more right and thus happily collected my ten pounds.

You see, mankind had developed flying cars

but they'd become pitiably obsolete by the time the 29th century rolled around

nowhere to land them I'm afraid

if you've seen the Kevin Kostner Film Water World, it was a bit like that.

And if you haven't seen the Kevin Kostner film Water World, count yourself lucky. It was a real dog's dinner.

Yes, I'm afraid that by the year 3,000 flying cars will have been a thing of the past.

But on the upside, there will be more flying boats than you can shake a waterlog stick at,

and it was the sight of these whimsical

conveyances that inspired me to modify the time machine for ocean travel. I found a

local craftsman on yelp yes they'll still have it, to make the necessary adaptations, and before long I was skimming

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