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Esper A person to perceive the contents of another person's mind.
(From The Demolished Man [1952] by Alfred Bester) |
Geotect A person who creates landforms and physical environments
(From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
Millenniaire A person with much more Time than an ordinary person.
(From The Quantum Thief [2010] by Hannu Rajaniemi) |
Needle-Ray Very thin beam of destruction.
(From Skylark of Valeron [1934] by E.E. 'Doc' Smith) |
Out-Worlder A person from another planet.
(From A Matter of Size [1934] by Harry Bates) |
Planetfall Making a landing on a planet from space.
(From Quicksands of Youthwardness [1940] by Malcolm Jameson) |
Leak Disk Simple device to temporarily close a leak in a spacecraft.
(From Islands in the Sky [1952] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Buttered Toast Robot What it says on the tin.
(From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
Moon As Prison The moon is a prison without bars.
(From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
Robotics The engineering field encompassing the creation and maintenance of robots.
(From Liar [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
Stone Burner Atomic weapon which burrows deep into a planet; its radiation also attacks selected nerve tissues.
(From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
Gom Jabbar A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
Gyrocar A two-wheeled, self-balancing automobile.
(From Two Boys in a Gyrocar the story of a New York to Paris motor race [1911] by Kenneth Brown) |
Robot Animals Artificial animals created using robotic elements.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Alcatraz of Space A planetoid prison.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Comsole (Home Communications Console) A home computer, connected to data services.
(From Imperial Earth [1976] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
Painted Respirator Masks Children choose to decorate otherwise uniform equipment masks.
(From Red Planet [1949] by Robert Heinlein) |
Pacification Drones Surveillance drones that emit calming notes.
(From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
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