Reginald Bretnor
5 Quotations from Reginald Bretnor
| carbon-based adj. | 1957 Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Nov. 72 ‘Sire,’ replied Feghoot, ‘most marvelous of all are our Ixixixangos.’ He pointed to a couple of creatures who looked like vitrified anteaters and clanked when they walked. ‘All other life-forms are either carbon or silicon based. Only the Ixixixango has a chemistry based upon both, and requires both for its substance.’ |
| feghoot n. | [1956 in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 99 (title) Through time and space with Ferdinand Feghoot.] |
| genetic engineer n. | 1987 Nobelist Schimmelhorn in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 92/1 She suddenly had realized that not only could she get rid of him, but also at one bold stroke solve Madame’s frog problem and enhance her own reputation as a genetic engineer. |
| nonhumanoid n. | 1962 Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: LV in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct. 70 The natives of Qsgg III, besides being exceedingly vain of their sciences and arts, were the busiest non-humanoids in the galaxy. |
| sol-type adj. | 1983 Deep Song in Amazing Stories Sept. 152 They made two more landings, on planets of Sol-type stars. |