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| Celestial Atlas | ||
| Planet-by-planet descriptions throughout known space. |
| IT was the fifth planet out from a dying red sun.
The Celestial Atlas labeled it 608(E)44-M-S12. Under the co-ordinates, in the micro-printing that allowed the gigantic volume to be printed on one roll of milix-tape, there were two lines of reference. Compiled by bounty-flitters in 3547, they were suitably vague, as irsual, but offered at least a hint of what lay on the planet below: Exploration potential excellent. Earth-type sun, long past any novation. Planet non-volcanic. Noted by Alderhog and Willmetz of InterSur, 3547. Colony potential excellent. Reconnoiter none. Spore count none. Flora-fauna survey none. |
| Technovelgy from No Planet Is Safe,
by Harlan Ellison. Published by Super Science Fiction in 1958 Additional resources -
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'Nemourlon armor of reasonable weight resists penetration by most fragments and any bullet that is not both reasonably heavy and fairly high-velocity.'
'Several thousand of them formed the positioning grid on the rubble pile.'
'Its slack walls tightened, bulged, were crossed by ripples and waves of movement.'
'Norman... had never ridden any motorized device that lacked onboard steering and balance systems.'
You will note that HG Wells also figured out the aspect ratio of the future!
'As though a switch had been turned off, the pain stopped...'
'At the ringside opposite them a table had been removed to make room for a large transparent plastic capsule on wheels.'
'... he realized that the moving thing inside was - of course - a robot.'
