Margaret Wander Bonanno
13 Quotations from Margaret Wander Bonanno
| beam v. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible viii.181 He signalled the flagship to beam him aboard. |
| deflector n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible ii. 44 Vulcan cities were deflector screened against the worst weather. |
| disruptor n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible i. 23 His two lieutenants drew their disruptors as he casually produced a hypospray from a pocket of his uniform tunic. |
| humanoid n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible Prologue 4 In the transporter room where the first shore leave party had gathered, three crewmen whom the humanoids aboard took to be Vulcans exchanged lightning glances. |
| null-grav adj. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible i.10 Jim Kirk announced to all and sundry lounging around the null-grav pool during their offshift. |
| outworlder n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible ii. 30 Cleante knew that as a newcomer, an outworlder on probation as it were she risked a breach of Vulcan propriety. |
| psionic adj. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible i. 24 His psionic impulses exploded dangerously into her consciousness. |
| sentient adj. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible i.8 She had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms. |
| spacing n. 1 | 1995 Saturn’s Child (1996) xvi. 261 ‘May I ask you a personal question? You were friendly with several of the crew of the Dragon’s Egg, were you not?’ ‘Still am,’ Beth admitted with a frown, wondering where this question was coming from. ‘Spacing’s a small world; everybody knows everybody else. And Nyota Domonique and I were roomies at the academy, if that’s your question.’ |
| subspace n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible v. 90 Meanwhile, you do a chatter blitz on the subspace channels, the gossip wavelength. |
| time warp n. | 1985 Dwellers in the Crucible i. 14 Voting from deep space was a sometimes sticky procedure, complicated by time-warp distortions, differing residency laws from planet to planet, and the difficulty of sending secret ballots on hyperchannel. |
| universe-wide adv. | 1996 Preternatural xi. 177 ‘We’re back with our special guest Max Neimark, known and loved by millions nationwide—can we say worldwide?’ ‘Worldwide. Why not?…. Why not galaxy-wide?’ He shrugs at the audience. ‘Universe-wide?’ They applaud. |
| warp speed n. | 1968 Spock’s Brain (Star Trek episode) (transcription) Scott I’ve never seen anything like it. He’s operating at warp speed. I’d like a try at that teacher myself. |