Not that a car would have been much faster anyway, what with the police posts at state lines, the searches, the restricted zones not merely in cities-one expected that during August-but right out in the country, in agricultural areas. Because of hijackers after food trucks, of course. (John Brunner)

Not that a car would have been much faster anyway, what with the police posts at state lines, the searches, the restricted zones not merely in cities-one expected that during August-but right out in the country, in agricultural areas. Because of hijackers after food trucks, of course.

John Brunner

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