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Shoggoths Bioengineered creatures, able to change shape, created for labor.
(From At the Mountains of Madness [1936] by H.P. Lovecraft) |
Virtual world metaphor use of fanciful imagery to represent real-world data systems in a virtual world.
(From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge) |
Virtual World Kiss Kissing mediated by a computer system.
(From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge) |
Data Space Computer storage and processor time rented by the user.
(From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge) |
Personality Simulator (Virtual Person) A computer program that presents the appearance of being a person.
(From True Names [1981] by Vernor Vinge) |
Flavor-Capsule A small pill used to turn ordinary water into a flavored beverage.
(From Foundation and Empire [1952] by Isaac Asimov) |
Static Field A defense against a spy beam.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Wall-Light The walls of a room provide illumination.
(From Foundation and Empire [1952] by Isaac Asimov) |
Spy Beam A surveillance device that projects energy into a room, revealing conversation taking place.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Spaceport A location on the surface of a planet used for launching vehicles into space.
(From The Birth of a New Republic [1930] by M. Breuer (w/J. Williamson)) |
Plasto-Textile A fabric that cannot be stained.
(From Foundation [1951] by Isaac Asimov) |
Black Smoke A smoke or vapor dispensed in canisters.
(From The War of the Worlds [1898] by H.G. Wells) |
Robot Baby An infant robot.
(From Life Everlasting [1934] by David H. Keller) |
Gate A opening through spacetime to other worlds.
(From The Gate to Xoran [1931] by Hal K. Wells) |
Wandering Worlds Planets that are attached to no sun, and roam interstellar space.
(From When Worlds Collide [1932] by Edwin Balmer (w/P. Wylie)) |
Rogue Planet A planet without a sun, it wanders through galactic space.
(From Satan's World [1967] by Poul Anderson) |
Rogue World A celestial nomad, a planetary body that is not tied to a particular sun.
(From Dying of the Light [1977] by George RR Martin) |
Sub-microscopic Medical Robots Tiny robots travel the bloodstream, killing bacteria.
(From These Savage Futurians [1967] by Philip E. High) |
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