Murray Leinster: Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Murray Leinster:
Science Fiction Technology and Ideas

Murray Leinster was the nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, born in Norfolk, VA in 1896. He served in WWI in the Army, also serving in WWII in the Office of War Information. He won a 1956 Hugo for Exploration Team and a retro-Hugo in 1996 for First Contact.

Invention/Technology	Source Work (Publication Date)
Carson Circuit - the secret of the Internet	A Logic Named Joe (1946)
Dimensoscope - see into new dimensions	The Fifth-Dimension Catapult (1931)
Garbage Screen - chaff in space	Space Tug (1953)
Gravity-Simulator Harness - maintain muscle and bone in space	Space Tug (1953)
Inflatable Air Lock - very early reference	Space Tug (1953)
Logics - early home computer	A Logic Named Joe (1946)
Logics Service	A Logic Named Joe (1946)
Magnetic-Soled Shoes - required for space walks	Space Tug (1953)
Meteor Blasters - clear the spaceways	First Contact (1945)
Planet-Smasher	Propagandist (1947)
Psychoscanner	Propagandist (1947)
Pushpot	Space Tug (1953)
Sleeve Communicator - before ST:TNG	First Contact (1945)
Space Flight Simulator	Space Tug (1953)
Space Wagon	Space Tug (1953)
Space Weakness	Space Tug (1953)
Spacecraft Ejection Seat	Space Tug (1953)
Synchrophased Power Beams	Propagandist (1947)
Tanks	A Logic Named Joe (1946)
The Shed - sf predecessor to the VAB	Space Tug (1953)

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