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"...there's a great affinity between writing poetry and SF."
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| Spaceboat | ||
| Runabout for outer space. |
First use of this term, as far as I know.
| Tomorrow he would start work on a real, practical projector; maybe he would even do a little planning for the spaceboat — wonderful thought, that — • an inspiration for many other thrilling thoughts of adventures in the void which was still untouched by men. But tonight Sandhurst didn’t care to bother about such things. He wanted to take it easy now and snooze! |
| Technovelgy from Waves of Compulsion,
by Raymond Z. Gallun. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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