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"In my mind I have gone all over the universe, which may make it less important for me to make piddling little trips... I did enjoy seeing Stonehenge. It looked exactly the way I thought it would look."
- Isaac Asimov
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| Space Liner | ||
| A large, passenger-carrying space ship. |
This is probably the first use of the phrase "space liner."
| “I’ve got to start for Mars in four hours,” Burgess
explained. “You see, to the Times managing-editor, a
reporter is not a person; he’s merely a projectile.”
“Oh, Mr. Burgess, please take me with you. Please do !” implored the boy. “I’ll pay all your expenses in grand style. Please let me go with you. I’d give anything to go to Mars!” “Well, at least you’re space-minded anyway,” the reporter laughed. “I’m sorry, kid,” he said gravely. “I couldn’t do it. It would get me into trouble with my paper. And the laws are mighty strict about anyone under twenty-one going up in a space-liner, except under the care of a parent or guardian. But, I’ll tell you all about it when I get back.” |
| From On Board the Martian Liner,
by Miles J. Breuer. Published by Amazing Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
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I love this description:
John W. Campbell is a close second, in his 1932 story Electronic Siege:
The departure of a space-liner is always a thrilling
spectacle. To the casual onlooker, it looks like a mad,
chaotic turmoil of people and vehicles about the base of
the vast, silvery bulk that looms hugely into the sky.
A stream of famous scientists had been coming aboard the space liner Vega all afternoon.
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