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| Proxy Robot A remote-controlled floating telepresence robot, for use by aliens who cannot share an atmosphere. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Atomic Explosive A handheld bomb that melted its way into an armored door, then detonated. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Hell-Stone An incomparably beautiful and rare jewel. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Moon-Terror A syndrome common to people who live in less than half Earth-normal gravity. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Chardion Field Electronic 'envelope' that retained atmosphere on tiny worldlets. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Ether-Traffic The communications spectrum of the solar system. (From The Duel on the Asteroid [1932] by P. Schuyler Miller (w/D. McDermott)) |
| Daisy Projector Beam of energy penetrates the Heaviside layer to enable communication from planet to planet. (From The Derelicts of Ganymede [1932] by John W. Campbell) |
| Wall Screen A large size display for video, anchored to a wall, or actually forming the wall itself. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Artificially Produced Speech Speech produced by mechanical means, rather than with vocal chords. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Space Dock Like a port for spacecraft; they can deliver their passengers and cargo. (From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles) |
| Multispecies Hotel A hotel set up to serve beings from different planets. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Etherphone Receiver A special earpiece to hear coded updates. (From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun) |
| Geodesic Inflexors Propulsion provided not by pushing against matter, but against spacetime. (From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson) |
| Plastotek False skin disguise. (From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall) |
| Atmospherics Switchboard Make sure each hotel room has the right atmosphere from the right planet. (From Lie on the Beam [1941] by John Victor Peterson) |
| Thought-Record Helmet A wearable history book. (From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall) |
| Robot Wheel An enormous vehicular robot in the shape of a gigantic wheel. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
| Tentacle Machines Enormous robots, cylindrical of body, tentacular of arms, autonomous of brain, sinister of intent. (From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton) |
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