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Mechanical Men Remote controlled robots used to perform dangerous work.
(From The Ancient Brain [1929] by A.G. Stangland) |
Personal Metallic Record Disc A stamped metal record that contains all of a person's data in a convenient form.
(From The Ancient Brain [1929] by A.G. Stangland) |
Electro-Culturer A device used to artificially stimulate cell growth and development.
(From The Ancient Brain [1929] by A.G. Stangland) |
Teleview A device for seeing at a distance.
(From The Phantom Teleview [1929] by Bob Olsen) |
Pent House An island in the sky - a hermetically sealed skyscraper isolated entirely from its surroundings.
(From The Pent House [1932] by David H. Keller) |
Manufactured Planet Is that a moon - or a space station?
(From The Heritage of the Earth [1932] by Harley S. Aldinger) |
Spaceship Garden A fully-enclosed garden on a spaceship producing edible foodstuffs.
(From The Heritage of the Earth [1932] by Harley S. Aldinger) |
Living Space Ship A space ship made of a living substance, in this case cellulose.
(From Proxima Centauri [1935] by Murray Leinster) |
First Contact The initial encounter with a non-human race.
(From Proxima Centauri [1935] by Murray Leinster) |
Time Stream The total sequence of events considered as a kind of flow.
(From Time Stream [1931] by John Taine) |
Mutation An organism that has come into being through genetic mutation.
(From The Man Who Evolved [1931] by Edmond Hamilton) |
Space Laboratory A specialized space station, for scientific research.
(From Crystalized Thought [1937] by Nat Schachner) |
Venus Cities Float In Atmosphere Cloud cities on Venus.
(From Bread Overhead! [1958] by Fritz Leiber) |
Pressurized Penthouse A stratospheric perch - if buildings are tall enough, you'll need this.
(From Bread Overhead! [1958] by Fritz Leiber) |
Walking Mill The ultimate combine - giant metal centipede walks through fields, harvesting wheat, threshing, grinding and finally baking bread right in the field.
(From Bread Overhead! [1958] by Fritz Leiber) |
Automatic Truck A cargo-carrying vehicle that autonomously drives to the selected destination.
(From Mechanocracy [1932] by Miles J. Breuer) |
Farside The portion of the Moon's surface that faces away from Earth.
(From We Have Fed Our Sea [1958] by Poul Anderson) |
Government Machine The automata that constitute the entire government, all in one building.
(From Mechanocracy [1932] by Miles J. Breuer) |
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