#hover car

[cultofthewyrm]

by EJ Dela Cruz

#sci fi #environment art #hover car

[arthurdrakoni]

Hover Car Racer might be aimed at kids, but don’t let that dissuade you. It is a high-octane thrill ride that can be enjoyed by all ages. This is my review.

Hover Car Racer takes place in the not too distant future where transportation has been revolutionized thanks to magneto hover drives which draw power from the Earth’s magnetic field. The sports of racing has also been revolutionized by hover technology, and hover car racing draws millions of viewers and captivates countless nations. The book follows a fourteen-year-old hover car racer from Australia named Jason Chaser. Jason has just lost one of the biggest races of his life, but he’s also attracted the attention of former racing champion Scott Syracuse. Before long Jason and his little brother Bug are whisked away to the International Race School in Hobart, Tasmania. Jason and Bug are about to be in for the ride of their lives.

Yeah, if you’re thinking that this book kind of sounds like Harry Potter meets Speed Racer, you wouldn’t be too far off. That having been said, it doesn’t make the book any less enjoyable. What makes Matthew Reilly such a talented writer is the way that he is takes concepts that seem cliché and manages to make them feel fresh and exciting. He may write books that are primarily intended to be fun and entertaining, but it’s clear that he puts a lot of hard work and effort into his books.

This book had been on my to-read list for a while, and I’m certainly glad that I finally got around to it. If you’re sick of books that spend too much time on filler, padding and introspection then you’ll enjoy this book. Everything that happens has some significance in advancing the plot. The plot and action moved by like a speeding hover car, but it never felt rushed or poorly paced. This was a really fun book, pure and uncut fun. Blame it on all of the Mario Cart I used to play, but I’ve always had a soft spot for racing stories.

What I liked about Jason wasn’t so much what he was as what he wasn’t. A lot of people’s complaint with Speed Racer is that Speed is a boring invincible hero who is guaranteed to win no matter what, but that’s not the case with Jason. He has to actually work for his victories, and there are just as many times that he fails as when he succeeds. This makes all of the races genuinely suspenseful sense there’s no guarantee that Jason will come out on top. It also makes his hard work and victories feel genuinely satisfying.

There’s a ton of references to classical works scattered throughout the novel. For example, we’ve got a hero named Jason who pilots The Argonaut, flies through two clashing icebergs and towards the end of the novel he retrieves a Golden Fleece as part of the final race. Jason falls in love with a girl named Dido who ultimately proves to be a distraction on his quest. Later we see a Greek racer who pilots a car called the Arion, after the horse of Heracles, and there’s a few other references as well. You don’t have to catch any of these references to enjoy the novel, but it gives you a little something extra.

There is an audiobook version narrated by Sean Mangan. Initially I wasn’t quite sure if it would work out, since Sean is American and Jason is Australian. However, I’m happy to report that Sean more than delivers. He really does a great job bringing all of the characters to life. I guess it makes sense that the producers didn’t go with an Australian, given that Jason and his family are pretty much the only Australians in the entire book.

All in all, Hover Car Racer is a high-octane thrill ride powered by Rule of Fun and Rule of Cool. If you’re looking for a science fiction take on racing, this novel can’t be beat.

Have you read Hover Car Racer? If so, what did you think?

Link to the full review on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2017/02/book-review-hover-car-racer-by-mathew.html?m=1

#book review #audiobook review #Hover Car Racer #matthew reilly #science fiction #scifi #science fiction books #hovercar #flying car #hover car #racing #racecar #book #audiobook #review #australia #hovercraft #books #audiobooks #action adventure #action #adventure #adventure books

[cat-eye-nebula]

ET contactee Elena Danaan: I saw the future, 20 years from now (with an Alpha Centaurian time-looking-device). Our utopic future is being created now. We are already on the positive timeline. Full Disclosure will happen and we will become members of the Galactic Federation of Worlds. Advanced technologies are already being build, ready to be released, to heal us, nature, the air and the oceans. The Great Awakening is here and the Deep State is losing. 🌌🌎🤍🛸💫

Video source: CONTACT with Haben of Meton~ Dec 16, 2022 // Telegram version

Elena Danaan is Extraterrestrial contactee since childhood. She became an emissary for the Galactic Federation of Worlds. Elena is an Archaeologist who spent many years working on diverse sites in Egypt and in France studying ancient cultures.

#galactic news #utopia #full disclosure #the great awakening #anti gravity #free energy #the future 20 years from now #futuristic #hover car #advanced technologies #elena danaan #et contactee #Extraterrestrial #galactic federation #mars colonization #alpha centauri #jupiter #Ganymed #mothership #space #galactic friends #star nation #medbed #ufo #ufos #positive timelime #gaia #earth alliance #peaceful #earth

[illustrations-by-tram]

Worked with the particular system to scatter out terrain and then the volume and scene lighting which is just making this scene come to life.

I'm pretty happy with how this is turning out and I just started the lessons about animation so I'm hopping that before long I'll have a short video to show off with everything.

#Blender 3d #CG Boost #Blender launchpad course #hover car

[ssserf]

if the manga astro boy was set in our 2003 there would absolutely be shaky 240p flip phone footage of Ochanomizu throwing hands with Tenma in a public space floating around on the internet and i think that's a beautiful thought 💗

#tetsuwan atom #astro boy #umataro tenma #hiroshi ochanomizu #i like also the idea while there is hyper intelligent robots they still use crusty flip phones #kinda like the manga still has cord phones even though hover cars are real lol

[theshadowrealmitself]

You know those kids shows where there’s like a happy upbeat host to it that kids go wild over?

Thinking about Vulcan children bringing that kind of energy to a person who just posts “How To” videos that aren’t aimed at kids at all

#I’m not describing it well but it’s adorable #Star Trek #Vulcans #yes the how to person is human #they’re a different oc I have #who was the quiet obedient kid in a huge family so they ended up neglected because they ‘didn’t need the extra attention’ #so as an adult they had to embarrassingly (to them) learn how to do all these normal things that so many other people just know how to do #and after awhile they end up uploading videos of what they learn to help others out #the videos accidentally become incredibly expansive #from how to flip an egg to how to prepare an engine to your hover car if it breaks down on you in the middle of the road #just all these how to videos in a measured tone with no judgement and a slightly upbeat attitude #accidentally made them the vulcan version of a charismatic children’s show host #if any of that makes sense

[iindex]

Car Tools / Magis / Floris Hover / 2020

#Toy #blocks #system #Floris Hover #Magis #cars #cartools #modular

[thresholdbb]

Little Harry Kim really asks Janeway if she’s ever been in love when he stands behind her and Chakotay standing inches apart and whispering to each other on the bridge all day every day

#not to mention holding hands #personal space? WE DON’T KNOW HER #practically always touching the pair of them #baby boy I love you so much but sometimes you talk before you think and it shows #be as obtuse as you want Harry but their chemistry is palpable #then Janeway is all like you mean my fiancé Mark right? #it’s ‘is this an early hover car?’ all over again #poor Harold #I personally like that JC isn’t canon but their mutual infatuation is undeniable #like she deserves everything and he’s just chakotay #lol forever #star trek voyager #the disease

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Wait holdup what’s this about Howdy’s shop burning down and nearly taking him with it?? (talking about human au)

oh yeah lmfao it caught fire

it wasn't like... foul play or anything. in my mind it was some sort of electrical failure or bizarre accident. like a lightning strike! actually wait i like that lightning strike idea bc then it could be Raining for this very dramatic scene and i do love me some rain juxtaposing fire <3

and Howdy would've been fine! he got all of his employees and customers out of the building, including himself. he handed them off to Barnaby & Wally, who had been swinging by for dinner with fantastic timing (the fire department was just then arriving). then, like an idiot, Howdy went right back inside the Very On Fire building!

bc, ok, he lives in his store. specifically, above it. the ground floor is the store, then there's a staircase going up to an apartment. and naturally, Howdy was not gonna abandon all of his / the store's legal documents (also his coupon stash) to burn.

so in his mind he was like "yeah ill just pop in, grab these very important files, and then get out. easy!". babe, you're giving Barnaby & Wally a heart attack. that's what you're doing. dumbass (affectionate)

but yeah he's in there, in the burning building, smoke everywhere. meanwhile outside firefighters (and Wally) have to physically hold Barnaby back from going in after Howdy, even though a few more firefighters already went in to find him. its all very dramatic! blah blah blah the front door becomes unusable, blah blah blah the apartment windows explode due to thermal stress & also bc i want them to, etc etc

long story short the firefighters get Howdy out through the back, and mostly unscathed at that! ofc smoke inhalation is a thing, he's got some minor cuts and burns, but it's really not that bad! lucky bastard! he gets taken to the hospital to get treated & make sure he's fine, and he is.

naturally he stays with Barnaby & Wally for a while. he doesn't have a say in the matter lol he was planning on getting a motel room or somethin, but Barnaby picked him up from the hospital, took him home, and went "alright the guest room is ready for you we can go shopping tomorrow for anything you need, you live here now". good thing Howdy rescued his coupons!

the fire damage to the building is, thankfully, mostly cosmetic. it takes a while to clean & fix it, but Howdy has great friends and a wonderful community to help out! everyone chips in, some fundraisers happen, Wally sells some Darling™️ Exclusives™️, etc. long story short they get the store back up & running, and with some new bells and whistles to go with it!

#the scene is Very Vivid in my head #i had to sneak some action drama in there somewhere!!!! #what better than a building fire!! what can i say! im a sucker for the #'character watches person they love run straight into danger & is unable to follow them' #'and so is forced to watch in terror unsure if the loved one will make it out alive' #trope!!! its damn good!!! ill never tire of it!!! #the rain glittering in the firelight! the red-blue of emergency lights! glass raining down! wet pavement & black smoke! #its about The Visuals!! #i think my favorite part of the Brain Scene is when they get howdy out & he's like. half collapsed on the curb w/ an oxygen mask #and barnaby is Hovering! very freaked out but also immensely relieved! as soon as he learns theyre taking howdy to the hospital #he sprints to his car to go follow the ambulance!! #(in my mind julie eddie and sally had shown up & wally stayed with them to answer questions / keep an eye on things) #but yeah! drama Babey!!! #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #i feel so bad for howdy lmfao #like... that store is his Everything and it got crispied. so did his home. and pretty much all his possessions #i also feel very bad for barnaby! he has a bad year bc of Two Incidents! #barnaby 'if one more person i love winds up injured in the hospital im going to Lose It' b. beagle #barnaby: well that whole fire thing was a disaster but we're all okay <3 with any luck there'll be no more hospital visits <3 #wally: im about to end this mans whole career- #ough and the arc of howdy living with them for a bit.... ougggghhhh #bc he & barns are in that 'our mutual feelings are unspoken but we both Know' inbetween state #its like a trial run for their future lmfao #except. a depressed trial run. bc howdy is very fucking upset about losing his Home & Possessions #a piece of the world he'd carved out for himself that was His and no one else's #he has a period of pushing through with an 'everything is fine i can work w this' pained grin and emotional avoidance #until obviously he hits a wall and Crashes. depressy spaghetti time! #he'll be fine but he doesn't feel like it for a while <3 good thing he's got awesome friends to keep him afloat <3

[vimbry]

mink car, despite having a song with the imagery of getting hit by a car, someone shooting themselves, reflecting on how life is unfair, the relentless passage of time, and the frustration of paralysis, somehow manages to arguably be they might be giants' most uplifting album.

#tmbg #''boss of me'' isn't on all releases on mink car but I'm counting it #like yeah there's all that but also. ''another first kiss''. the fun of ''mr. xcitement''. the affirmation of ''hovering sombrero''. #the catchy cover of ''yeh yeh''. the affectionate nostalgia of ''wicked little critta''. #other albums have the odd lighthearted song or deceptively energetic instrumental #but mink car might be the one with the highest ratio of positive tracks? #tmbg's happiest album. don't worry about the release date #pink has quite a few that aren't necessarily negative. but are more neutral surreal concepts than they are happy #join us at a close second for ''never knew love'' and ''let your hair hang down''

[kashmirichaiwithmehr]

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#guys (neutral) i have made a mistake #theres a guy in my classes whos also pakistani (but like FROM pakistan) and from generally the same areas as my family i guess #and we're the only two in the class (for context the other desis who make up the majority of the class are all indian international student #and i know that im a friendly person #but i fear that i made a connection with this guy too quick #and have given him the wrong idea #idk if hes just attached to me bc im the only other pakistani or that AND bc ive accidentally led him on or smthg without even realising #like he will hover near me and will only leave when i leave (and its gotten so bad over like 3 days that my other classmate noticed -> #and was like ... girl yk hes attached himself to u right #asdhjkasldadhajkldadhajsd #anyways thats besides the point #hes rly nice so i feel bad asdkjlasd;adjkl;adadjksd (and he doesnt rly have any friends here besides family and classmates so im giving -> #him the benefit of the doubt #and yall today was the only day i left class and he wasnt right beside me bc i think he left to do smthg #and i went to help anther girl get to her car #and i guess because he couldnt say bye to me (esp since its the weekend now) he started DMing me on instagram #there are more details but i will spare yall for now bc the ig messagse are whats makign me more worried <3333 #anyways gn #mehrtalks

[or-4]

#funny #Meme #Car #Hover #Great wall #great wall motor #Flying cars #Cars will fly #Future #original content

[illustrations-by-tram]

Finally jumping back into blender to work on CG Boost's Launch Pad course. I'm pretty happy with how things are going so far

#Blender 3d #Cg Boost #Hover car #3d modling

[narutocharacterpolls]

I have nothing against Sasuke, but even his biggest simp cant deny how funny it was when Sakura was watching his fight with Lee like "Sasuke will be able to use his sharingon to see through this guys jutsu. He's such a genius there is no possible way he can lose" and then it immediately cut to Lee kicking Sasuke in the face. My man deserves to win just for that. That and the fact that the first time Gaara had experperienced physical pain was because a kid with a jump suit and a silly outfit showed up and said fuck your magic sand and beat his ass. Iconic. He lived in a world full of people with insane super powers and said "but can your magic eyes stop my fists?" King shit.

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#sorry i missed posting propaganda in time 😭 #gonna post it all now #but to be fair ☝️ i did tell you guys i would not be hovering this blog anymore #asks #man-door-hand-hook-car-doorsblog #propaganda

[croziers-compass]

New Sexuality: Doomed Arctic Explorers Gender Identity is now based on your positions aboard the ships.

#This came up because there was a very very creepy and uncomfortable man at the place I did my shopping the other day #he worked there but was... unusually creepy. #Ask turntechgodhead who was with me he was weird and unusual #and in the worst way possible asked me “how are you doing today?” #and I gave him my curt and confused “fiiiiiiine?.....” and stared him down as if I was about to crack open and reveal an eldritch god #that I packed away inside my body #and then he kept being weird and hovering abouts us whilst we checked out and I wanted to punch the chip n pin machine but it was fine #and at the car I was like: Yaknow I ought've just went an told him that less you're from the Franklin Expedition yer not my type. #the terror #gender and sexuality #neo-genders

[slipgatetourist]

Turbo Overkill

#pc gaming #turbo overkill #fps #civvie 11 #cyberpunk #sewer count #hover cars #dystopia #unity engine #raptor #monster bash #apogee software #secret agent