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| Magnetized Boots | ||
| Special shoes to allow walking in and around a metal ship with no artificial gravity. |
This is a relatively early reference - I'm still hunting for earlier ones.
| He had found some concentrated rations meant for the cell occupants, a full tank of water, and four space overalls, complee with magnetized boots and glassite helmets.
"Overrallss, sskipperr!" exclaimed Xonzak. "The bootss will ssolve on problem - lack of gravity need not count now-" ...the four conscious men donned the magnetized boots and at once were able to stand up on the metal floor with a sense of weight and balance. |
| Technovelgy from Lost Rocket,
by Manly Wade Wellman. Published by Astounding Science-Fiction in 1941 Additional resources -
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See also the magnetic shoes from Murray Leinster's 1953 novel Space Tug and the grip shoes from the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also, a very early reference, the magnetic boots from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson.
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