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"I went back to science fiction to try a few experiments …and my first experiment was a disaster…"
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As far as I know, this is the first use of the phrase, but not the concept.
By 1964, Smith was simply calling it a "sailship", as in Dead Lady of Clown Town:
The idea of a light sail was still unfamiliar when Niven and Pournelle wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974):
Compare to the starlight sail from The Lady Who Sailed The Soul (1960) by Cordwainer Smith, the solar sail from Sail 25 (1962) by Jack Vance, which has a longer discussion of the topic, and the photonic sail from Think Blue, Count Two (1962) by Cordwainer Smith. Don't miss the solar yacht from Arthur C. Clarke's 1963 short story Sunjammer. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'I could have sworn the psychomat showed pictures almost as sharp and detailed as reality itself'
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'I made them... with the fine work of the watchmaker...'
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'If she starts to roll sideways — blooey! The underjets only hold you up when they’re pointing down, you know.'
Robot Snakes No Longer Stopped By Stairs
'...she dropped her hands from the wheel, took the robot snake from his box.'
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