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Travel-Rug
A rug that conveyed you around your house.
(From Roll Out The Rolov! [1953] by Christopher Anvil)
Autosight Achronic Beam
A range-finder for weaponry that isn't limited by time, for the ultimate in accuracy.
(From Hindsight [1940] by Jack Williamson)
Air Scooter
A flying personal vehicle.
(From Space Double [1940] by Nat Schachner)
Razorgirl
Surgically implanted blades under the fingernails.
(From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson)
Skew-Flip Turnover
Used halfway to the destination by torch ships to slow for one's destination.
(From Have Space Suit - Will Travel [1958] by Robert Heinlein)
Planetruck
Huge vehicle for planetary surface transport.
(From The Slave Ship to Andrigo [1951] by Ross Rocklynne)
Gyrocar Monorail
A self-balancing vehicle.
(From The Anarch [1944] by Malcolm Jameson)
Mal de Void
Literally, space sick.
(From Off the Beam [1944] by George O. Smith)
Negative Acceleration
Turning a torchship through a half-circle, thereby applying force in the direction of motion, slowing the ship down.
(From The Skylark of Space [1928] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith)
Turnover
The point in a torchship's trajectory when it must flip over and point its fiery tail toward its destination to decelerate.
(From Off the Beam [1944] by George O. Smith)
Cyclotronic Ore-Hurler
Using the magnetic properties of an asteroid to send ore hurling across space!
(From Exit From Asteroid 60 [1940] by D.L. James)
Voder
Device that produces speech by purely mechanical means.
(From Exit From Asteroid 60 [1940] by D.L. James)
Electro-Binox
Binoculars with electronic focusing.
(From A Specter is Haunting Texas [1968] by Fritz Leiber)
Forward Warehousing
Using the trunks of cars as little warehouses.
(From Stealing Worlds [2019] by Karl Schroeder)
Trans-Oceanic Rocket Ship
Rocket-propelled airplanes making short work of long trips on Earth.
(From Berlin to New York in One Hour [1930] by Max Valier)
Ray-Pistol
An early version of the raygun.
(From The War of the Planets [1929] by Harl Vincent)
Space-Tent
A small, portable air-tight structure used on the lunar surface.
(From The Lunar Chrysalis [1931] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
Cosmoquake
Gravity waves ripple across the solar system.
(From Things Pass By [1945] by Murray Leinster)
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