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Multispecies Hotel
A hotel set up to serve beings from different planets.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
Wall Screen
A large size display for video, anchored to a wall, or actually forming the wall itself.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson)
Artificially Produced Speech
Speech produced by mechanical means, rather than with vocal chords.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
Space Dock
Like a port for spacecraft; they can deliver their passengers and cargo.
(From Diamond Planetoid [1937] by Gordon A. Giles)
Etherphone Receiver
A special earpiece to hear coded updates.
(From Hotel Cosmos [1938] by Raymond Z. Gallun)
Hell-Stone
An incomparably beautiful and rare jewel.
(From Star of Dreams [1941] by Jack Williamson)
Plastotek
False skin disguise.
(From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall)
Atmospherics Switchboard
Make sure each hotel room has the right atmosphere from the right planet.
(From Lie on the Beam [1941] by John Victor Peterson)
Thought-Record Helmet
A wearable history book.
(From Menace From Vega [1958] by Robert Randall)
Robot Wheel
An enormous vehicular robot in the shape of a gigantic wheel.
(From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton)
Tentacle Machines
Enormous robots, cylindrical of body, tentacular of arms, autonomous of brain, sinister of intent.
(From The Metal Giants [1926] by Edmond Hamilton)
Air-Freighter Cargo Plane
An enormous airplane used for transporting cargo across the country.
(From The Invisible Raiders [1929] by Ed Earl Repp)
Luminous Stake-Markers
Illuminated pole designating a staked claim on the surface of a planet, moon or asteroid.
(From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly)
Ostler Insulation Beam
A beam of energy stretching from one planet to another that protects space craft from radiation.
(From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly)
Landing-Cradle
A supporting structure for a space craft landing on a planetary surface.
(From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly)
Polyceltron Iconoscope Televisor
A portable camera and microphone setup that could broadcast on-the-spot news.
(From Newscast [1939] by Harl Vincent)
Light Beam Propulsion (Light-Ship)
Use of brilliant light as motive power for a space ship.
(From The Radium World [1932] by Frank K. Kelly)
Autonomous Digging Machine
A mechanical device able to excavate on its own.
(From The War of the Worlds [1898] by H.G. Wells)
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