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"I was perfectly satisfied to write science fiction knowing that it would pay very little, that it would be seen by only a very few people."
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![]() Very early reference to the idea of a special suit that was proof against the vacuum of space.
Compare to space-armor from Revolt of the Star Men (1932) by Raymond Z Gallun, Osprey space armor from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson, lightweight space armor from Hotel Cosmos (1938) by Raymond Z. Gallun, Dirigible Space Armor (Working Space Suits) from Collision Orbit (1941) by Jack Williamson, and space armor from Cities in Flight (1957) by James Blish. Comment/Join this discussion ( 2 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'...the excavations were already in progress, for he saw gray slopes of rubble.'
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'...the walking mills of Puffy Products began to tread delicately on their centipede legs across the wheat fields of Kansas.'
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'Here is a Clerk that would work incessantly, and neither eat, sleep, want payment, or grumble.'
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DARPA Wants 'Large Bio-Mechanical Space Structures'
'These are your rudimentary seed packages... Some will combine in place to form more complicated structures.'
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