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Solenoid Wickets
Great hoops of metal that guided, held and then shot ships into space.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Heliodynamic Engine
A motor that runs directly off of solar power.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Meloderge
Automated music player.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Braking Drive
Coming to a stop in space.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Soldier Robots
Autonomous mechanical military.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy)
Machines Take Over (Machines Rule Man)
Machines will inevitably rule over human beings.
(From Erewhon [1872] by Samuel Butler)
Electrical War Ship
A fleet of space craft designed for war.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss)
Robot Rights
Should robots have the rights of men?
(From The Trial of Adam Link, Robot [1939] by Eando Binder)
Robotic Infiltrator
A robot designed to appeal to a soldier's sense of mercy for children.
(From Second Variety [1953] by Philip K. Dick)
Android Son
An android son for a childless couple.
(From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss)
Artificial Friend
An android companion for a child.
(From Klara and the Sun [2021] by Kazuo Ishiguro)
Multiple-Brain Computer
Person augmented with multiple implanted brains.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick)
Human Leather
Leather from cloned human skin.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick)
Utopian End-Times
The annihilation of technological culture.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick)
Subtrain
A spherical passenger vehicle goes through an evacuated underground tube at interplanetary speeds.
(From The Reefs of Space [1963] by Jack Williamson (w/F. Pohl))
Badge Of Office Explosive
Politicians wear what amounts to a bomb, which is controlled by citizen vote.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley)
Microscreen
An immaterial protective helmet.
(From Bolden's Pets [1955] by F.L. Wallace)
Robot Disimprovement
Once robots have reached a state of development where they are better than humans, they must be modified - for the worse.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley)
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