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"If I can make you see the world the way I see it, then you will automatically think the way I think."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Space Liner | ||
| A large, passenger-carrying space ship. |
This is probably the first use of the phrase "space liner."
| A stream of famous scientists had been coming aboard the space liner Vega all afternoon. |
| From Electronic Siege,
by John W. Campbell. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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