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Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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3905 Inventions Available)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U
V W X Y Z
Device Name |
Book/Story |
Author |
Date |
Kamikaze Andy An android that is designed as an assassination weapon. |
Tekwar |
Shatner |
1989 |
Karatand A special glove made of impact-sensitive plastic. |
Stand on Zanzibar |
Brunner |
1968 |
Kemplerer (Klemperer) Rosette Planets without a sun; they orbit a central point. |
Ringworld |
Niven |
1970 |
Key Club A social club made exclusive by teleportation booth; may be in a chain with other physically identical locations. |
Flash Crowd |
Niven |
1972 |
Keyboard With Changing Keys A computer keyboard with keys faced with little displays, so the label could change based on the application or language. |
Imperial Earth |
Clarke |
1976 |
Killalc Pills Counteracts the effects of alcohol consumption. |
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge |
Harrison |
1970 |
Killer Robot An autonomous robot made for the express purpose of killing living creatures. |
Rust |
Kelleam |
1939 |
Kinagram Small print-size icons that presented a moving image. |
Anathem |
Stephenson |
2008 |
Kinetiscope Appliance A small object that could show a variety of artificially created or extrapolated images. |
When the Sleeper Wakes |
Wells |
1899 |
Kingdom in a Box An entire civilization in miniature - in an interactive box. |
The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age |
Lem |
1965 |
King's Free Park A park in which anarchy reigned; a very long, narrow park. |
Cloak of Anarchy |
Niven |
1972 |
Kink-Spring A device that stores energy with near-perfect efficiency. |
The Calorie Man |
Bacigalupi |
2005 |
Kinotrope Small bits of painted wood in a grid that spin around to form different pixelated images. |
The Difference Engine |
Gibson (w/B. Sterling) |
1990 |
Kipple The collection of useless bits of trash we wallow in; all the paper and junk that is not recycled. |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |
Dick |
1968 |
Kitchen Korner Just exactly what futurists say you're going to get, like or not, in a refrigerator. |
Idoru |
Gibson |
1996 |
Kite-Copter Car An observation car suspended below a device that supplies lift. |
The Kokod Warriors |
Vance |
1952 |
KloraDerm Human skin variant that contains chlorophyll to provide energy. |
Old Man's War |
Scalzi |
2005 |
Knife Missile A sharp-edged weapon that can maneuver in space. |
Use of Weapons |
Banks |
1990 |
Knockdown Cabin A portable shelter; had solid walls and could be assembled quickly. |
Coventry |
Heinlein |
1940 |
Knowledge Engine The first reference to a machine that could create sentences or write books. |
Gulliver's Travels |
Swift |
1726 |
Korsakov's A type of mind control imposed on prisoners to make them more manageable during their prison time. |
Mona Lisa Overdrive |
Gibson |
1988 |
KR-3 A drug that breaks down the ability of the brain to perceive space and physical objects properly, or in sequence; a new universe opens. |
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said |
Dick |
1974 |
Krimskell Fiber A "claw" fiber which will rubs against itself in such a way that, the tighter the rope is pulled, the stronger the knot becomes. |
Dune |
Herbert |
1965 |
Kuang Grade Mark Eleven Penetration Program Chinese virus software for breaking the ICE. |
Neuromancer |
Gibson |
1984 |
Kundrenaline Revives even a dead man's heart. |
The Hands of Aten |
Winter |
1931 |
Kzinti Lesson - Propulsion As Weapon The power of a craft's means of propulsion repurposed as an offensive weapon. |
The Warriors |
Niven |
1966 |
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