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| Anemopter Special craft for journeys through the atmosphere of a gas giant planet. (From Finisterra [2007] by David Moles) |
| 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) |
| Stone Burner Atomic weapon which burrows deep into a planet; its radiation also attacks selected nerve tissues. (From Dune Messiah [1969] 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) |
| Gom Jabbar A needle with deadly poison, used to test for humans. (From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert) |
| Robotics The engineering field encompassing the creation and maintenance of robots. (From Liar [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
| 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) |
| Sloth Pill A medication to induce a kind of somnolence like short-term hibernation; used in air travel. (From The Breach [2020] by M.T. Hill) |
| Analogue Treatment Hypnotic drug treatment that normalizes behavior in humans. (From Ticket to Anywhere [1952] by Damon Knight) |
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