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"I wrote many novels which … contained the element of the projected collective unconscious, which made them simply incomprehensible to anyone who read them, because they required the reader to accept my premise that each of us lives in a unique world."
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I don't know of an earlier use of this word.
When the railroads opened the American West, telegraph lines went right along. So, when opening the space lanes...
Take a look at this instance of the word, from Pirates of Space (1931) by B.X. Barry:
Old Simeon glared at her and waved the offending spacegram so violently it ripped in his fingers.
Here's another use, from Off the Beam (1944) by George O. Smith:
"Reading my mail?" asked Channing cheerfully. The average spacegram was about as secret as a postcard, so Channing didn't mind...
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