Richard Tooker:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas
Richard Tooker (b. 1902 - d. 1988) was a US author and editor who also wrote as Dick Presley Tooker. He wrote one of the prize-winning essays in the contest launched by Hugo Gernsback, "What Science Fiction Means To Me" (June 1929 Wonder Stories).
Invention/Technology Source Work (Publication Date)

Cosmograph
A "radio" using light rays, for space communication.

Tyrant of the Red World (1932)

Sun-Shutters
Blocking the light in a spacecraft.

Tyrant of the Red World (1932)


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