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Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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| Device Name | Book/Story | Author | Date |
| Zag House A means of implanting dreams. |
First He Died (Time and Again) | Simak | 1951 |
| Zed-Ray A penetrating beam that would disclose the details inside of a closed object. |
Blood of the Moon | Cummings | 1936 |
| Zero 'g' (Zero Gee) In a ship in orbit, in free fall. |
Islands in the Sky | Clarke | 1952 |
| Zeroentropy Spray A method of reducing the disorder of an object as much as possible, reducing the temperature close to absolute zero. |
Gather, Darkness! | Leiber | 1943 |
| Zero-G Ashtray An ashtray designed for use on a space station. |
Waldo | Heinlein | 1942 |
| Zero-G Cups Cups that were specially designed to be usable under zero gravity conditions. |
Space Tug | Leinster | 1953 |
| Zero-Gravity A state in which gravity is effectively absent or cancelled out. |
If Science Reached the Earth's Core | Binder | 1938 |
| Zero-Ray Inflicts a fatal frostbite on living tissue. |
An Adventure in Futurity | Smith | 1931 |
| Zero-Time Jail A building in which an energy field prevents time from passing. |
A World Out of Time | Niven | 1976 |
| Zeta-Ray Makes and maintains vast holes - even in ocean water! |
The Death Cloud | Schachner (w. AL Zagat) | 1931 |
| Zip Paper Very thin display like a single sheet of paper. |
Mariposa | Bear | 2009 |
| Zoo Fences Caustic water moat |
The Dosadi Experiment | Herbert | 1977 |
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