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Code Three

by Rick Raphael

Series: Code Three (fix-up of 1 & 2)

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FREEWAYS TO HELLBen Martin and Clay Ferguson have got a tough job. In Car 56 -- "Beulah" -- they patrol the super-highways of a future that might have been. Along with Medical-Surgical Officer Kelly Lightfoot, they help keep an insane road system as safe as possible. Here is a startling and excitingly realistic portrait of regular folks in a future extrapolated from a time when technology was changing at an explosive rate. What if highways just got bigger and bigger, cars faster and faster? How could such be patrolled, when crashes, jams and road rage are the norm? The answer is an elite paramilitary corp. These dedicated officers, trying to keep reign on a crazed vehicle culture with sixty foot long tank-like patrol cars with 25mm cannon, cranes and full medical suites.Nominated for a Hugo Award, Code Three is a gripping tale for all fans of "If This Go On" stories.… (more)
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Very slice-of-life novel about future traffic cops who can terminate with extreme prejudice. When it was written - nay, even when I bought and read a modern reprint in 1985, this was far-fetched sf. Now, with modern policing and whole channels of tv devoted to police camera footage, this doesn't seem so fantastic.

I was a bit puzzled when I was reading this, because the author's style is so close to Bob Shaw's that I thought I was reading BS' work under a pseudonym. How wierd is that? ( )
  RobertDay | Dec 26, 2009 |
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FREEWAYS TO HELLBen Martin and Clay Ferguson have got a tough job. In Car 56 -- "Beulah" -- they patrol the super-highways of a future that might have been. Along with Medical-Surgical Officer Kelly Lightfoot, they help keep an insane road system as safe as possible. Here is a startling and excitingly realistic portrait of regular folks in a future extrapolated from a time when technology was changing at an explosive rate. What if highways just got bigger and bigger, cars faster and faster? How could such be patrolled, when crashes, jams and road rage are the norm? The answer is an elite paramilitary corp. These dedicated officers, trying to keep reign on a crazed vehicle culture with sixty foot long tank-like patrol cars with 25mm cannon, cranes and full medical suites.Nominated for a Hugo Award, Code Three is a gripping tale for all fans of "If This Go On" stories.

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