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| Spherical Display An arbitrarily large display that is a perfect sphere. (From Surface Detail [2010] by Iain M Banks) |
| Flying Wire Barbed wire that seeks to expand to its remembered size and extent. (From Make Room! Make Room! [1966] by Harry Harrison) |
| Very Large Black Boxes Creating a computer system that solves problems without specific programming. (From Summa Technologiae [1964] by Stanislaw Lem) |
| Synthetic Eggshell (From Jurassic Park [1990] by Michael Crichton) |
| Flame-Tool A searing rapier of death! also handy for cutting sheets of metal. (From The Gate to Xoran [1931] by H.G. Wells) |
| Supercalculator Connecting all the computing machines of the universe! (From Answer [1954] by Frederic Brown) |
| Implanted Transceiver Disc A transceiver inserted into the brain of the operator. (From Blood on the Sun [1942] by Hal K. Wells) |
| Blasting Globules A deadly rain of precisely distributed small explosives. (From Blood on the Sun [1942] by Hal K. Wells) |
| Federal Bureau of Termination The door out of this life is always open - for you. (From 2 B R 0 2 B [1962] by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.) |
| The Test An examination to guide those who would cap their population. (From The Test [1954] by Richard Matheson) |
| Fueling Island (Pie Pan) A space station placed (and held) between distant planets in the solar system. (From Crossroads of Space [1932] by A.G. Stangland) |
| Suspension Room A kind of prison cell; the prisoners were placed in suspended animation. (From Crossroads of Space [1932] by A.G. Stangland) |
| Talking Nail Used by scanners when not talking. (From Scanners Live in Vain [1950] by Cordwainer Smith) |
| Prison Planet A planet (or planetoid) that serves as a jail for solar system offenders. (From The Venus Germ [1932] by R.F. Starzl (w/F. Pragnell)) |
| Laser Rifle A laser weapon shaped like a rifle, carried by one man, fired at the shoulder. (From Nine Starships Waiting [1963] by Roger Zelazny) |
| Spacebag A quick-and-dirty kind of space craft. (From Gree's Hellcats [1965] by C.C. MacApp) |
| Light Vests (Laser Tag) A vest and light gun combination used to score hits. (From The Fastest Draw [1963] by Larry Eisenberg) |
| Mechanical Marshal An automaton that functions like a quick-draw lawman of the Old West. (From The Fastest Draw [1963] by Larry Eisenberg) |
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