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Flight Stick A kind of flying device.
(From Get a Horse! [1969] by Larry Niven) |
Heliodynamic Engine A motor that runs directly off of solar power.
(From Saboteur of Space [1944] by Robert Abernathy) |
Machines Take Over (Machines Rule Man) Machines will inevitably rule over human beings.
(From Erewhon [1872] by Samuel Butler) |
Electrical War Ship A fleet of space craft designed for war.
(From Edison's Conquest of Mars [1898] by Garrett P. Serviss) |
Robot Rights Should robots have the rights of men?
(From The Trial of Adam Link, Robot [1939] by Eando Binder) |
Robotic Infiltrator A robot designed to appeal to a soldier's sense of mercy for children.
(From Second Variety [1953] by Philip K. Dick) |
Artificial Friend An android companion for a child.
(From Klara and the Sun [2021] by Kazuo Ishiguro) |
Android Son An android son for a childless couple.
(From Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [1969] by Brian Aldiss) |
Human Leather Leather from cloned human skin.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick) |
Utopian End-Times The annihilation of technological culture.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick) |
Multiple-Brain Computer Person augmented with multiple implanted brains.
(From The Dog Said Bow-Wow [2001] by Michael Swanwick) |
Subtrain A spherical passenger vehicle goes through an evacuated underground tube at interplanetary speeds.
(From The Reefs of Space [1963] by Jack Williamson (w/F. Pohl)) |
Microscreen An immaterial protective helmet.
(From Bolden's Pets [1955] by F.L. Wallace) |
Robot Disimprovement Once robots have reached a state of development where they are better than humans, they must be modified - for the worse.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley) |
Iron Collar Persons designated as "Risks" must wear explosives.
(From The Reefs of Space [1963] by Jack Williamson (w/F. Pohl)) |
Peace Dove (Metal Bird) Robotic winged guardians.
(From The Reefs of Space [1963] by Jack Williamson (w/F. Pohl)) |
Citizens Booth A special location for citizens to register their displeasure with public officials.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley) |
Badge Of Office Explosive Politicians wear what amounts to a bomb, which is controlled by citizen vote.
(From A Ticket to Tranai [1955] by Robert Sheckley) |
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