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"I took the Minnesota multiphasic profile test once, and I tested out as paranoid, cyclothymic, neurotic, and schizophrenic. But I also tested out as an incorrigible liar!"
- Philip K. Dick
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| Galactography | ||
| Geography on a galactic scale. |
As far as I know, the first use of this word in science fiction.
| At a touch of the mayor’s hand, it glowed within — an accurate three-dimensional model of the Galactic double-spiral. “In yellow,” said the mayor, excitedly, “we have that region of Space under Foundation control ; in red, that under Kalgan.” What Darell saw was a crimson sphere resting within a stretching yellow fist that surrounded it on all sides but that toward the center of the Galaxy. “Galactography,” said the mayor, “is our greatest enemy. Our admirals make no secret of our almost hopeless, strategic position. |
| Technovelgy from Second Foundation,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Doubleday in 1953 Additional resources -
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"Galactographic" is also used:
The Lord of Kalgan stood before a twin of the Galactic model which the mayor and Darell had inspected. Except that where the mayor frowned, Stettin smiled.
Nor were the galactographic verities of the situation lost upon Stettin.
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