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Camper-Model Spacecraft Space-going ships with expandable sections.
(From A Relic of the Empire [1966] by Larry Niven) |
Human Supervision Of Robots The notion that there should be a rule that groups of robots should always have human supervision and direction.
(From Installment Plan [1959] by Clifford Simak) |
Transmog A small device easily installed in a robot to alter its skill set.
(From Installment Plan [1959] by Clifford Simak) |
Rainbow Dome A planetary defense shield.
(From The Stars My Destination [1956] by Alfred Bester) |
Tractor-Mounted Robot A repair robot on tractor treads.
(From One Face [1965] by Larry Niven) |
Canyon World A world in which only a single scar in the landscape is habitable.
(From One Face [1965] by Larry Niven) |
Stage Trees Genetically modified trees with solid fuel rocket cores.
(From World of Ptavvs [1965] by Larry Niven) |
Sick Bay Doctor An entirely automated robotic physician.
(From The Iron Thorn [1967] by Algis Budrys) |
Outsider Ship A very exotic, very fast space craft.
(From Flatlander [1967] by Larry Niven) |
Clericomotor An automaton clergyman; a robotic pastor.
(From The Clericomotor [1884] by Author Unknown) |
Machine Evolution Machines last longer and evolve more quickly than Man, and so will supplant them.
(From The Last Evolution [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
Men Spread To The Planets The idea that human beings should populate worlds other than Earth.
(From The Last Evolution [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
Coordinator Machine A machine that functions as a ruler.
(From The Last Evolution [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
Hired Man An automaton helper.
(From Mr. Corndropper's Hired Man [1900] by W.M. Stannard) |
Master-Operator Takes over the functions of many different household robots.
(From Cost of Living [1952] by Robert Sheckley) |
Mental Phantasmagoria Telepathic emanations from an alien machine create a virtual reality for human visitors.
(From The Lotus-Engine [1940] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
Virtual Reality A fictitious and illusory world.
(From The Theatre and Its Double [1938] by Antonin Artaud) |
Dead-Show Forced reliving of memory and experience after death.
(From Her Smoke Rose Up Forever [1974] by James Tiptree, Jr.) |
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