Steven Barnes
6 Quotations from Steven Barnes
| beanstalk n. | 1989 Barsoom Project xxii. 201 Of all these proposed skyhooks, the Beanstalk is the most difficult to build. It must stand the greatest stresses. But the Beanstalk can lift cargo from ground to orbit, and fling them out to the stars, for the cost of the electricity, a few dollars a pound. But that cost is deceptive. The Beanstalk is also the most dangerous of the skyhooks. For if the cable ever snappedโ |
| cryosleep n. | 1987 Legacy of Heorot iii. 46 Were there dreams in cryosleep? The neurologists said no, but his memory said yes. |
| gafiate v. | 2011 Moon Maze Game xv. 127 They had once been married, but then one of them had lost interest in gaming, and the relationship had drifted apart. If memory served, it was Maud who had gafiated. |
| holovid n. | 1992 California Voodoo Game vi. 68 When all was said and done, one got points by destroying oneโs enemy, but made money by cooperating to make the best holovid possible. |
| mutant n. | 1992 California Voodoo Game iii. 35 For fifty years squatters had haunted MIMIC. They ate whatever they could find in its cupboards, sold whatever they could scavenge. It was squatters who had promoted the myth of radiation-spawned mutants. |
| tight-beamed adj. | 1994 Firedance (1995) 38 He heard aโฆwhisper in his ear, in some sort of tight-beamed message. |