"Alfred had the strange impression of Haplo's mind racing down a track, like the flash rafts of the Kicksey-winsey, the great iron carriages that scuttled along on iron rails, powered by the lightning of the 'lectric zingers."
"He could see the continent of Drevlin, the metal parts of the great Kicksey-winsey flashing in the intermittent sunlight."
"The Sartan ran the star chambers, which were designed to work with the Kicksey-winsey to beam energy to the other worlds."