Norman L. Knight
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biotechnician n. | 1940 | Crisis in Utopia in Astounding Science-Fiction July 22/2 The process can be applied to human material—due care being taken not to tamper with the brain, which continues to be too uncertain an undertaking for the biotechnicians.
elsewhen adv. | 1940 | Bombardment in Reverse in Astounding Science-Fiction Feb. 125 (caption) ‘By means of the belt…I will go into the future a bit.’ Whether that was where he went or not, he went elsewhere or elsewhen.
humanoid adj. | [1940 | Crisis in Utopia in Astounding Stories Aug. 127/1 By causing artificial, controlled mutations they have succeeded in producing a mutated type of man…. The secrecy was vital, lest the sudden discovery of this widely divergent humanoid species bring a violent, murderous reaction from unprepared people.]
portal n. | 1942 | Fugitive from Vanguard in Astounding Science-Fiction Jan. 81/2 A mirrored panel slid aside and revealed the lighted interior of the stowaway’s lodgings with a magical effect, as if a four-dimensional portal had opened among the trees into another region of space.