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"I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled 'Science Fiction' and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Star Drive | ||
| The propulsion unit for an interstellar space craft. |
Anderson was apparently the first to make use of this poetic term.
| They'll know the principles of the star drive in a few more generations, and invent a faster-than-light engine almost at once! |
| From Genius,
by Poul Anderson. Published by Astounding SF in 1948 Additional resources -
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Compare to Arthur C. Clarke's elaborate and beautiful use of this term in his amazing 1953 novel Childhood's End - see stardrive.
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