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"Cyberspace is a metaphor that allows us to grasp this place where since about the time of the second world war we've increasingly done so many of the things that we think of as civilization."
- William Gibson
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| Fur Pressure-Suit | ||
| A warm pressurized suit for use in the airless void of space. |
This is an early depiction of a special suit to be worn to protect the space explorer from the extremes of space.
| Have you fur pressure-suits?
 (Fur Pressure-Suit from 'Skylark of Space' by Doc Smith) |
| Technovelgy from The Skylark of Space,
by E.E. 'Doc' Smith. Published by Amazing Stories in 1928 Additional resources -
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Compare to these other early space suit references; the air-tight suit from Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898) by Garrett P. Serviss, the pneumatic suit from The Shot into Infinity (1929) by Otto Willi Gail, the space suit from The Emperor of the Stars (1931) by Schachner and Zagat, the altitude suit from The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell, the Osprey Space Armor from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson and the space overalls from Lost Rocket (1941) by Manly Wade Wellman.
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