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"I think a lot of kids whose mental growth outruns their maturity gravitate to science fiction."
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![]() This is (as far as I know) the earliest use of the phrase. It doesn't quite have the full meaning that it later acquired.
By 1966, the usage had expanded. From a 1966 script for the Star Trek episode Return of the Archons:
As far as the concept of the Prime Directive is concerned, the reader may wish to compare this entry to the Noninterference With Other Worlds from In the Deep of Time (1879) by George Parsons Lathrop, Relations with Extraterrestrial Life from Ogre (1944) by Clifford Simak, to the Law of Contact from Orphans of the Void (1952) by Orville Shaara and the Alien Self-Government from Co-Operate or Else (1942) by A.E. van Vogt. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'...Anything was possible in my imaginary environment.'
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'We had discovered that metal was relatively impervious to the telepathic effect.'
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'...so we've promised him a generous pension from the royalties.'
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'Hocus-pocus religions and archaic weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.'
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