Peter David
19 Quotations from Peter David
android n. | 1992 | Imzadi i. 7 Standing outside the field, staring at the Guardian, was an android.
astronavigator n. | 2003 | No Limits 202 Amazon’s standard controls lacked the fourth-dimensional modeling of the holograph, but McHenry might be the best astronavigator in Starfleet.
disruptor n. | 1995 | Captain's Daughter . vii. 72 A disruptor blast sliced just above his head.
elsewhen adv. | 1992 | Imzadi i. 3 The man in the greenish yellow shirt, whose mind was elsewhere and elsewhen.
empath n. | 1992 | Imzadi (1993) 121 Deanna’s no mind reader. She’s an empath. She senses moods, emotions, feelings.
empathic adj. | 1992 | Imzadi v. 33 Betazoids walked a fine line between a desire for privacy and acceptance of its impossibility—for amidst an empathic society, privacy was at best a pretense and it was rude to pretend otherwise.
holodeck n. | 1992 | Imzadi vi. 46 Every so often, when I was feeling frivolous, I'd put it on and romp around the holodeck.
humanoid n. | 1992 | Imzadi xxiv. 189 Phaser blasts can stop them but not on lower settings. Ranges that stun the Sindareen can severely injure, even kill other humanoids.
offworlder n. | 1992 | Imzadi xiii. 97 Weddings are always done out loud, in consideration of any offworlders who might be in the audience.
parallel universe n. | 1992 | Imzadi iii. 25 It’s something that has been considered…that parallel universes are, in fact, alternative time tracks.
phaser n. | 1992 | Imzadi xvii. 124 Tang stroked his round, stubbled chin. The large phaser he always wore was clipped to his waist and slapped against his thick leg.
planetfall n. | 1992 | Imzadi xxii. 177 Our calculations have them making planetfall right in the heart of the city.
planetside adv. | 1992 | Imzadi v. 35 I really am a sleaze. I've been back planetside a few times…but I never saw you. Never tried to contact you.
positronic adj. | 1995 | Captain’s Daughter ii. 16 Thousands of landing-party assignments had been fed into a vast database, processed through positronic circuitry as perfected in the M9 computer.
smeg v. | 1992 | Imzadi vii. 52 ‘He, um... well, the child seemed to be under the confused impression that the Cordian was, in fact, an accordion. He asked the ambassador to play “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star” on himself.’ Picard moaned softly. ‘How did the ambassador react?’ ‘He took it in stride, actually. He said it’s happened to him on several occasions in the past and suggested that it might be time, and I quote, “to learn how to play the smegging thing.”’
space lane n. | 1992 | Imzadi ii. 14 There was nothing desirable about Starbase 86. It was far removed from the more frequently traveled space lanes.
spacer n. 1 | 1992 | Imzadi iv. 28 You can take the man out of space, but you can’t take the spacer out of the man, eh?
starbase n. | 1992 | Imzadi ii. 16 He had in the beginning, back when he'd taken on the command of the starbase three years ago.
Terran n. 1 | 1992 | Imzadi i. 6 She passed her associate coordinator, Harry, who didn’t seem to notice her. A muscular and dark-hued terran.