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Time Line The sequence of events leading up to, and past, this moment.
(From Time Wants A Skeleton [1941] by Ross Rocklynne) |
Visicastor A person who presents video broadcasts.
(From Second Foundation [1953] by Isaac Asimov) |
Millenniaire A person with much more Time than an ordinary person.
(From The Quantum Thief [2010] by Hannu Rajaniemi) |
Geotect A person who creates landforms and physical environments
(From The Diamond Age [1995] by Neal Stephenson) |
Esper A person to perceive the contents of another person's mind.
(From The Demolished Man [1952] by Alfred Bester) |
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) |
Moon As Prison The moon is a prison without bars.
(From The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [1966] by Robert Heinlein) |
Buttered Toast Robot What it says on the tin.
(From Fahrenheit 451 [1953] by Ray Bradbury) |
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) |
Stone Burner Atomic weapon which burrows deep into a planet; its radiation also attacks selected nerve tissues.
(From Dune Messiah [1969] by Frank Herbert) |
Robotics The engineering field encompassing the creation and maintenance of robots.
(From Liar [1941] by Isaac Asimov) |
Alcatraz of Space A planetoid prison.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
Robot Animals Artificial animals created using robotic elements.
(From Reunion on Ganymede [1938] by Clifford Simak) |
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