R. Garcia y Robertson
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| dirtside n. | 1995 Gone to Glory in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 135 First came a distress bulletin, direct from dirtside. |
| earthwoman n. | 2005 Oxygen Rising in Asimov’s Science Fiction 110 ‘Soo, what do you think?’ the Earthwoman switched subjects. ‘Are we getting out of this alive?’ |
| gravity drive n. | 2009 SinBad the Sand Sailor July 44 Heat shield, gravity drive, and life-support system had been sold off long ago. The former spaceship was crammed with loot, crawling with cats, and patrolled by pit bulls. |
| home sun n. | 2004 Long Voyage Home in Asimov’s Science Fiction Feb. 106 Enkidu’s shining white inner sun was not red-orange Tigirs Eridani A, but more like Sol, the yellow home sun Rachel had only seen in 3V. |
| kilohour n. | 1989 Cast on a Distant Shore in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Apr. 16 Her eyes were as wide and brown as his, but the lines on her face were deeper. The woman was several score kilohours older than Kafirr. |
| medikit n. | 2000 Bird Herding in Fantasy & Science Fiction May 118 Despite the light gravity, and the kick of his boots, he felt his body slowing. Lungs labored in the kiln-like air. Thighs ached from hours of riding. Total collapse loomed. He told his medikit to take away the pain. |
| planetfall n. | 2005 Oxygen Rising in Asimov’s Science Fiction 125 Having said virtually nothing since planetfall, he and Tammy approached the main bunker. |
| robocop n. | 1998 Starfall in Asimov’s Science Fiction July 114 Her robo-cop escort hustled Tiffany past crying babies and disbelieving parents. |
| space pirate n. | 2006 Teen Angel in Asimov’s Science Fiction Feb. 120 She stared at the purple-haired punk, wondering if she was doing him any favors, coddling and protecting him with her lying smiles. It only made her look like a pretty push-over with a space pirate boyfriend. |
| stim pill n. | 1994 Werewolves of Luna in Asimov’s Science Fiction mid-Dec. 132 He gobbled several white stim pills, washing them down with tepid water from his helmet tube—long term addiction was not an immediate worry. Drugs snaked through his veins, snapping the moonscape into sharp, crisp focus. |
| three vee n. | 1991 Plague Ship in Amazing Stories Aug. 22/1 Muskrat was imagining the mass converter running wild or the ramscoop collapsing. Catastrophic failure. One instant you were thrilling to your favorite feelie on the three-V and the next nanosecond you were a greasy streak on the void. Such thoughts made her fidget. |
| tri-v n. | 2002 Ring Rats in Asimov’s Science Fiction Apr. 111 Millions of tons of misguided rock and ice hurtled right at Aetna II. An unnerving sight, even in 3V. |
| tri-v n. | 2002 Ring Rats in Asimov’s Science Fiction Apr. 111 Passengers packed into lounges and staterooms tuned to 3V found themselves staring up from the airless surface of Aetna II. |
| universal translator n. | 1999 Diana by Starlight in Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar. 25 This time she used the surface dialect—a combination of hoots, clicks, grunts, and glottal stops that few non-Neanderthals could twist their tongues around. But she had a universal translator in her memory chip, part of her diplomatic equipment. He stared hard at her, plainly shocked that she could talk. |