Lester del Rey
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| everywhen n. | 1942 My Name is Legion in Astounding Science Fiction June 72/2 The plenum is—well, the composite whole of all that is and was and will be—it is everything and everywhen, all existing together as a unit, in which time does not move, but simply is, like length or thickness. |
| mech n. | 1938 Helen O’Loy in Astounding Science-Fiction Dec. 119/2 We naturally mulled over the future of the mechs. He was sure that the robots would beat men some day. |
| space crew n. | 1939 Luck of Ignatz in Astounding Science-Fiction Aug. 15/1 In an emergency, no group of men on Earth can do the work that a space-crew can turn out in a scant half-hour, and these were all seasoned star-jumpers; to them the lack of gravity was a help rather than a hindrance in the swift completion of the work. |
| starfleet n. | 1939 Luck of Ignatz in Astounding Science-Fiction (UK ed.) 4/2 The luckiest man in the star fleet, the Master had been head tester for the new rocket models until the O.M. decided he needed a rest and sent him to Venus. |
| visiphone v. | 1940 |