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"Concepts of religion may now be goals of science and engineering."
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![]() I think this is the first use of this term, which is also seen in the works of writers from Raymond Z. Gallun to Robert Heinlein.
Gernsback wrote more about it in (I believe) an expanded edition of the book Ralph 124c 41 + that appeared in 1929:
Victor Rousseau, writing in Revolt on Inferno (1931):
In his 1932 story A Conquest of Two Worlds, Golden Age great Edmond Hamilton describes the causes of (and the cure for) space-sickness:
The thin, cold Martian air helped bring his space-sick men back to normal...
Compare to space madness from A Daring Trip to Mars (1931) by Max Valier, moon-terror from Star of Dreams (1941) by Jack Williamson, gravitation paralysis from The World With A Thousand Moons (1942) by Edmond Hamilton, Space Scurvy (Kenoalgia) from Sacred Martian Pig (1949) by Margaret Saint Clair, space phobia from Let 'em Breathe Space! (1953) by Lester del Rey and desubstantiation effect from Death's End (2010) by Cixin Liu. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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