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| Vapor Charge A bullet that discharges gas. (From Logan's Run [1967] by William Nolan (w/G.C. Johnson)) |
| Build A Planet With Asteroids The idea that it is possible to gather up enough of the asteroids in the solar system to "build" a planet out of the scraps. (From And Then the Town Took Off [1958] by Richard Wilson) |
| Habitable Exoplanet Moon An Earthlike moon that orbits a gas giant. (From Star Wars [1976] by George Lucas) |
| Metalite Strong metal you can see through. (From Black Destroyer [1939] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Anti-Acceleration Engine For Space Suits Counteracts the effects of high acceleration. (From Black Destroyer [1939] by A.E. van Vogt) |
| Space Cadet A young person training to be a spaceman. (From Sunward Flight [1943] by Leo Zagat) |
| Dragonfly Sky-Bike An ultralight human-powered flyer. (From Rendezvous With Rama [1972] by Arthur C. Clarke) |
| Holodeck A computer-simulated environment. (From Encounter at Farpoint [1987] by David Gerrold) |
| Space Pirate Space ships taken against their will. (From Evans of the Earth-Guard [1930] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| City of Glass An entire city made of unique structural glass and ceramic. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Roboscribe A robotic writer of hard-bitten detective yarns. (From End as a Robot [1954] by Richard Marsten) |
| Infiltrators Surveillance devices, small and insectile. (From Vulcan's Hammer [1960] by Philip K. Dick) |
| Sol Familiar name for our own sun. (From Out of Void [1929] by L.F. Stone) |
| Autobutle An automated servant. (From The Godmakers [1972] by Frank Herbert) |
| Homeworld (Home-World) One's planet of origin. (From A Honeymoon In Space [1901] by George Griffith) |
| Photonic Sail A sail that uses light pressure for propulsion. (From Think Blue, Count Two [1962] by Cordwainer Smith) |
| Lado-Acheson System A device for "pumping in" sunlight into an enclosed space habitat. (From Neuromancer [1984] by William Gibson) |
| Space Weather Map A map that details hazardous space conditions. (From The Storm [1943] by A.E. van Vogt) |
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