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Thing-That-Spits-Lightning
A kind of ray device that uses a technology too advanced to describe.
(From Lords of the Morning [1952] by Edmond Hamilton)
Instructions From Space
Instructions come from far off in space, to construct a machine, which will take over the world!
(From The Cosmic Hiss [1938] by Edmond Hamilton)
Simulation Room
A computerized simulation of a battle space.
(From Ender's Game [1985] by Orson Scott Card)
Vril
A form of energy unique in its properties, and varied in its application.
(From The Coming Race [1871] by Edward Bulwer-Lytton)
Inverted Containment
A 'containment' room that does the opposite, and blocks out something pervasive.
(From There Is No Antimimetics Division [2025] by  QNTM)
Reading Machine
Hand-held device "reads" the spools of Martian books.
(From Mars-Tube [1941] by S.D. Gottesman)
Spider Robot Guard
The tunnels of the Mars-Tubes were guarded by fierce spider-like robots.
(From Mars-Tube [1941] by S.D. Gottesman)
Mars-Tube
A remarkable subway system beneath the surface of Mars.
(From Mars-Tube [1941] by S.D. Gottesman)
Dead Spot
A small planet in space has unusual properties.
(From Interplanetary Graveyard [1939] by R.R. Winterbotham)
Factory in the Sky
A vast manufacturing facility in space, between Mars and Jupiter.
(From Factory in the Sky [1941] by Basil E. Wells)
Tubeways
A fully enclosed, evacuated tube, through which passenger train cars are shot as through a rifle barrel!
(From Death in the Tubeway [1939] by Stanton A. Coblentz)
Robot Replaces Own Battery
A robot performs the operation of replacing its own depleted battery with a fresh one.
(From I, Robot [1939] by Eando Binder)
Radiation Trap Helmet
A very specialized helmet for use in mines with radiation.
(From Radiation Trap [1941] by Harry Walton)
Remote Voting
It’s not in person and it’s not quite purely electronic.
(From Fuzzies and Other People [1984] by H. Beam Piper)
Stationmaster
A human being is preserved for life in space, serving as the conscious mind running a space station.
(From Many Dreams of Earth [1954] by Charles E. Fritch)
Plague Weapons
The use of biological warfare.
(From In the Year 2889 [1889] by Michel Verne)
Music Sphere
A beautiful white sphere full of your music.
(From Controlled Experiment [1954] by Chad Oliver)
Intelligent Micro-Life
Intelligent cells that can act within the body, made from inorganic materials.
(From The Immortality Seekers [1937] by John W. Campbell)
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