Julie E. Czerneda

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cloaking device n.	2016 J. E. Czerneda The Gate to Futures Past 372 ‘They appeared in the passenger section with the one called Barac.’ A cloaking device, with some form of personal flightgear? There’d be time for answers once the situation was contained.
first contact n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 32 I heard the growing wonder in his voice as he surveyed the being stuffed into his ship. ‘Rugheran. Sira. Do you realize what this means? First contact.’
fresher n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 16 They'd been wrong, I thought contentedly, following Morgan into the fresher. About so many things.
fresher n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 358 She kept scrubbing. Barac had told her to clean up, and he was waiting for his turn in the fresher.
homeworld n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 32 I opened my mouth to contradict his humanocentric view of things, given the Heerii Drapsk had found the Rugheran homeworld and I, another non-Human, had already had a more-or-less successful encounter with a member of the species.
mind shield n.	2015 J. E. Czerneda This Gulf of Time and Stars 13 Mind-shield implants were risky by nature, being alien tech wired to Human flesh. When that flesh objected—
non-human n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 32 I opened my mouth to contradict his humanocentric view of things, given the Heerii Drapsk had found the Rugheran homeworld and I, another non-Human, had already had a more-or-less successful encounter with a member of the species.
offworld adv.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 77 On my order, the Council stayed away from Acranam’s affairs, beyond ordering any Choosers be sent offworld to protect their remaining unChosen.
offworld adv.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 424 Unless Council had moved them offworld already, she thought suddenly, trying to calculate the date.
sapient n.	2002 J. E. Czerneda To Trade Stars 300 ‘They do it so they can get away with eating other sapients?’ Ruti demanded in horror… ‘Only if those sapients invade their pool.’
spinward adv.	2017 J. E. Czerneda To Guard Against the Dark 218 The quality improved spinward, which was why this meeting place was in the opposite direction. [Ibid. 406] Nice address, though, Morgan noted, nothing fancy, but Level 5, spinward.
xenological adj.	2001 J. E. Czerneda In Company Of Others 239 Titan U, in the persona of Secretary Vincente—the voice of power in the Department of Xenological Studies wasn’t pleased.