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"We [science fiction writers] always wanted to believe in "private sector" space -- hucksters make better characters than a government does."
- Larry Niven
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| Opaque Helmet | ||
| A spacesuit helmet that has no see-through components at all; fully enclosed metal. |
| The visigraph cleared and there appeared before Miriam Garth the image of the universal man of mystery — the Wanderer. A weird picture, there on the screen, the picture of a man clad in a grotesque black steel space suit of a type not generally accepted by rocketmen.
No person, knowingly, had ever gazed upon the features of the Wanderer. There were no transparent windows in his helmet, and he had never removed his space shell in the presence of others. Neither had his natural voice ever been known to register upon human ears. Two retinascopic photo-electric cells, set in the face of his helmet, surmounted the slitted orifice of a speech reproducer. On either side of the iron head was a sensitive, cylindric microphone. A small oxy-generator of peculiar design was affixed to' the armor of his shoulders. Thus the Wanderer v/as able to breathe, see, hear and speak without his identity becoming known. |
| Technovelgy from Wanderer of the Void,
by Dr. Arch Carr. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1937 Additional resources -
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