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![]() Perhaps the first use of the phrase "space pirate".
Where else will you find "corsair of the void" and (elsewhere in the story) "space-buccaneer", except in the writing of Edmond Hamilton!
John Campbell also wrote a cool story about brain piracy in space in 1938; see The Brain Pirates.
Compare to astronaut from The Death's Head Meteor (1930) by Neil R. Jones,
astrogator from The Conquest of Space (1931) by David Lasser, space men from Revolt of the Star Men (1932) by Raymond Z. Gallun,
spacedog from A Question of Salvage (1939) by Malcolm Jameson,
space marines from Misfit (1939) by Robert Heinlein,
rocketeer from Sunward Flight (1943) by Leo Zagat and space cadet from Sunward Flight (1943) by Leo Zagat. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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