i once read in another arnold richter novel from 2035 that engine cooking had become a very popular pastime during the early quarter of the twenty-first century - ever since a book called manifold destiny was reprinted for the electric motor crowd and those who were stranded on the constantly rebuilding magnetized strip-ways started holding roadside barbecues they werent nearly as reliable as they would become a hundred years later , only having been installed in cities like perth , boston , york , pretoria , and johannesburg .