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Aerial Navies
Use of vast numbers of air-ships (planes) to overwhelm land defenses.
(From The World Masters [1903] by George Griffith)
Death-Ray
A thin ray of electric light that melts flesh away from the bone.
(From The World Masters [1903] by George Griffith)
Hypomatrin
A spinal anesthetic that allows the reformation of personality.
(From The Confession of Dr. DeKalb [1934] by Stanton A. Coblentz)
Penetron
A synthetic substance that is opaque unless penetrated by infra-red.
(From Redmask of the Outlands [1934] by Nat Schachner)
Hypno-Ligation
A means of psychological control over an individual.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Invisibility Magnets
They can cloak a space ship by bending light around it.
(From Redmask of the Outlands [1934] by Nat Schachner)
Wine Pellets
Fine wine in convenient, dried form.
(From Redmask of the Outlands [1934] by Nat Schachner)
Family Atomics
Noble houses had their own atomic weapons.
(From Dune [1965] by Frank Herbert)
Jump
Instantaneous movement over vast distances, points many light-years apart.
(From Invaders From The Infinite [1932] by John W. Campbell)
Filmag
A video magazine.
(From Sunward Flight [1943] by Leo Zagat)
Cryonaut
An astronaut placed in cryonic sleep.
(From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester)
Cryocapsule
A spaceship capsule that contains astronauts in special coffins, in suspended animation.
(From The Computer Connection [1974] by Alfred Bester)
Cryosleep
Use of extreme cold to cause suspended animation.
(From Flight of Exiles [1972] by Ben Bova)
Slide Rule w/Radio Attachment
Slide rule communicates results immediately with computer.
(From Mission to the Stars [1955] by A.E. van Vogt)
Smart Piston Spokes
A car that uses a set of pistons that feels and reacts to the surface to move around.
(From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling)
Flexible Car Map
A nonrigid map that extrudes from the dashboard of a car when needed.
(From Heavy Weather [1994] by Bruce Sterling)
Transparent Dome Helmet
A spacesuit helmet that can be seen through.
(From The Man from the Atom [1926] by G. Peyton Wertenbaker)
Atomic Energy Motor
An engine which utilizes atomic energy.
(From The Man from the Atom [1926] by G. Peyton Wertenbaker)
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