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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    11:24 am Wed, Feb 15, 2023
    Choose your vacation: Pleasure Planet, Paradise Planet, or Hell Planet

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Choose your vacation: Pleasure Planet, Paradise Planet, or Hell Planet

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    9:00 am Thu, Feb 9, 2023
    What is Thionite? Science fiction's narcotic good stuff

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: What is Thionite? Science fiction's narcotic good stuff

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    9:00 am Tue, Jan 31, 2023
    Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    8:00 am Wed, Jan 25, 2023
    Otherspace: a science-fictional place for when no other space will do

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Otherspace: a science-fictional place for when no other space will do

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    9:00 am Fri, Jan 20, 2023
    Meet the Space Bum, ambiguous stock character of generations of science fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Meet the Space Bum, ambiguous stock character of generations of science fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    9:01 am Thu, Jan 5, 2023
    Cereans live on Ceres (in the future)

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Cereans live on Ceres (in the future)

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    7:19 am Tue, Jan 3, 2023
    A conapt is a bad place to live—unless you're the protagonist of a science fiction story

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: A conapt is a bad place to live—unless you're the protagonist of a science fiction story

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    1:49 pm Tue, Dec 13, 2022
    Meet the Terrenes, the people of Earth in (some) science fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Meet the Terrenes, the people of Earth in (some) science fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    8:35 am Tue, Nov 29, 2022
    What does it mean to fan—or fangirl?

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: What does it mean to fan—or fangirl?

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    8:30 am Wed, Nov 16, 2022
    When you need to Get Away From It All in science fiction fandom, that's… Gafia

    A new entry from the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will… Read the rest of the article: When you need to Get Away From It All in science fiction fandom, that's… Gafia

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    1:27 pm Wed, Nov 2, 2022
    Have you committed a Time Crime? Maybe you will…

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Have you committed a Time Crime? Maybe you will…

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    1:54 pm Thu, Oct 20, 2022
    What is a "problem story" in Science Fiction?

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: What is a "problem story" in Science Fiction?

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    10:10 am Thu, Oct 6, 2022
    How to stymie telepathic intruders (in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction)

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: How to stymie telepathic intruders (in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction)

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    10:00 am Fri, Sep 30, 2022
    Quakes (not on Earth): a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Quakes (not on Earth): a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    7:56 am Tue, Sep 27, 2022
    Telescanner: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Telescanner: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    10:19 am Mon, Sep 26, 2022
    Plastiskin: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Plastiskin: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    10:29 am Tue, Sep 20, 2022
    "Planet" as a verb: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: "Planet" as a verb: a new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    8:07 am Fri, Sep 16, 2022
    Three feminine forms in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: Three feminine forms in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    11:09 am Mon, Sep 12, 2022
    What is an "inhuman"? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: What is an "inhuman"? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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  • Jesse Sheidlower
    12:00 pm Wed, Sep 7, 2022
    What is a Supervillain? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

    There are many terms from classic and modern SF that remain unresearched, and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction will be continually updated, especially as additional resources are put online.… Read the rest of the article: What is a Supervillain? A new entry in the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

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