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Flesh Gun A weapon that burns the skin and meat off the victim.
(From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester) |
Paralyzing Eye False eye contains mechanism for causing brief paralysis.
(From The Best-Laid Scheme [1941] by L. Sprague de Camp) |
Vanwinkling Another name for time-traveling into the future.
(From The Best-Laid Scheme [1941] by L. Sprague de Camp) |
Momentum Screen Allows a spacemen to avoid the problem of "high gee" forces on take-off.
(From Completely Automatic [1941] by Theodore Sturgeon) |
Relay A central information system used to coordinate all of human culture and technology.
(From Souvenir [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Web (Data Network) An information network.
(From Souvenir [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Trace Web A small, handheld device that contacts (and even instantiates) the larger network.
(From Souvenir [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
The Dip A device that randomly dredges up things from the past... or the future.
(From The Meddler [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Human Quarter A ghetto for human beings; in this case, in a world of robots.
(From James P. Crow [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Histo-Research Historical research using a time machine.
(From The Meddler [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Mother-Scanner A device that can see your future through your next birth.
(From The Turning Wheel [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Robot Farmer A humanoid robot used for agriculture.
(From The Turning Wheel [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Robot Guard Very early reference to a guard robot.
(From The Turning Wheel [1954] by Philip K. Dick) |
Electrono-Mirror Focuses the sun's rays on a planetary surface for terraforming purposes.
(From The Day We Celebrate [1941] by Nelson S. Bond) |
Metal Solvent Ray Thrower Acts like a flame thrower in space.
(From Lost Rocket [1941] by Manly Wade Wellman) |
Blastick A scorching beam weapon
(From The Traitor [1941] by Kurt von Rachen) |
Spacesuit Testing A device and method for testing spacesuits.
(From The Shot Into Infinity [1929] by Otto Willi Gail) |
Space Placers Miners who use placer mining techniques adapted from Earth geology.
(From The Day We Celebrate [1941] by Nelson S. Bond) |
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