H. H. Holmes

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Used as a pseudonym. See also: Anthony Boucher

9 Quotations from H. H. Holmes

Centaurian n. 1	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 16 A pulsing arc of purple light grew in the middle of the room and forth from it stepped a green-bearded Centaurian.
-con suffix	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 86 The next one’s here in Los Angeles, and I’m afraid it’s called the Pacificon.
fanzine n.	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 135 But infinite numbers of pulp paper scientifiction magazines and those curious mimeographed fan bulletins that are known by the portmanteau name of fanzines, a complete set of Fowler Foulkes, almost as reverently bound as Hilary’s, a goodly lot of Shiel and Stapledon.
gadget story n.	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 51 The gadget stories were more interesting. They frequently made honest attempts at forecasting scientific developments. Atomic power, stratosphere exploration, the rocket flight that so absorbs Chantrelle, all the features that may revolutionize the second half of this century as thoroughly as radio and the airplane have transformed this half—all these became familiar, workable things. But the writers stopped there. Interest lay in the gadget itself. And science fiction was headed for a blind alley until the realization came that even science fiction must remain fiction, and fiction is basically about people, not subatomic blasters nor time warps.
pulp science fiction n.	1951 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to Morgue 171 The causes were two: directly, my acquaintance with the Mañana Literary Society, which existed in fact precisely (aside from murders) as it is depicted in this book; indirectly, the fact that pulp science fiction had, at that time, just reached maturity both in thinking and in writing and was at a fine ripe stage to make converts easily.
scientifiction n.	1942 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to Morgue 135 But infinite numbers of pulp paper scientifiction magazines and those curious mimeographed fan bulletins that are known by the portmanteau name of fanzines, a complete set of Fowler Foulkes, almost as reverently bound as Hilary’s, a goodly lot of Shiel and Stapledon.
Terrene adj. 1	1943 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Q. U. R. in Astounding Science-Fiction Mar. 84/1 The drinks came. I went at the Three Planets cautiously. You know the formula: one part Terrene rum—170 proof—one part Venusian margil, and a dash or so of Martian vuzd. It’s smooth and murderous. I’d never tasted one as smooth as this of Guzub’s, and I feared it’d be that much the more murderous.
time warp n.	1951 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Rocket to the Morgue 54 The gadget stories were more interesting. They frequently made honest attempts at forecasting scientific developments. Atomic power, stratosphere exploration, the rocket flight that so absorbs Chantrelle, all the features that may revolutionize the second half of this century as thoroughly as radio and the airplane have transformed this half—all these became familiar, workable things. But the writers stopped there. Interest lay in the gadget itself. And science fiction was headed for a blind alley until the realization came that even science fiction must remain fiction, and fiction is basically about people, not subatomic blasters nor time warps.
usuform adj.	1943 ‘H. H. Holmes’ Q.U.R. in Astounding Science-Fiction Mar. 83/2 I’ve got it. Usuform. Quinby’s Usuform Robots. Q. U. R.