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2011 was a huge year for me. I started studying towards a PhD, and dropped out eight weeks later. Annie became interactive and therefore awesome and demanding. My writing reached new heights of prolificism. I got a publishing contract for The Lesser Evil, and have begun negotiations for its sequel, The Road to Hell. I created a Twitter account and two Facebook fan pages (here and here), and revived this languishing blog. I revamped my website completely from the ground up. And through it all, full-time work and the commuting thereof continued to dominate upwards of 50 hours per week.

But busy as I’ve been, I knew there was more planning to do. It’s never too early to think about the future. And it’s starting to look like 2012 will be at least as busy as this year.

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My manager wore a “Where’s My Jetpack?” T-shirt to work the other day, and that got me thinking. A lot, actually. About all of the stuff that could exist now, given current levels of technology, and all the stuff that might exist in the future for consumers to purchase and operate.

After some very careful pondering, I have reached the conclusion that despite frequent appearances in science fiction tales (including mine) a flying car or hovercar will probably never make it onto the market. Here are some reasons why.

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