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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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