Road Stop

by David Mason, Eli Jayne (Editor)

As the concept of self-driving cars becomes a reality in our age we can enjoy this thought provoking sci-fi short story about the car that never stopped. This Science Fiction Classic was written by David Mason and first appeared in the Worlds of If Science Fiction magazine in January 1963.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

13 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 5, 2020

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Reviews

[Jade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, sweet, and very appropriate for the current time. There are now many news stories of those self driving taxis such as Waymo where people have gotten stuck in them. This is rather realistic stuff here for a 1960's sci-fi short story, when other sci-fi stories of the time were more fantastical, like space travel and flying cars, etc.
It's public domain on Project Gutenberg if you want to read it.

[Anna Sokolowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

"You get to thinking ... well, I can remember when people used to drive their own cars. Themselves. Steering and everything, except on the biggest highways. And everything got done with people. People made things, and cooked food, and grew plants. Everybody was busy all the time. It was better then."

[Lia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great short story, one of the ones that makes you feel nauseous from dread while reading it.

I felt really taken into the world of retro-futurism, and enjoyed/felt horrified by the implications for our current state of automation with self driving cars.

[Scott Shjefte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Available free from Gutenberg. Computer-controlled cars and roadways may be a one-way trip.

David Mason. Road Stop (Kindle Location 10). Kindle Edition. Short story.

[Marieke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but appropriately horrifying.

[Matthias · Rating 5 out of 5]

dangggg

[Dominique D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very short and spooky

[Avianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but powerful. Definitely worth a read. It would make for a really good indie short film, if it hasn’t been done so already.