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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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