Arthur Leo Zagat
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| blast-off n. | 1937 Cavern of Shining Pool in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 70/1 ‘Make it so, mister,’ I acknowledged in the unforgotten jargon. ‘Stand by for the blast-off.’ Not for nothing had I conned the plans of this latest product of the spaceship engineers, assuaging nostalgia in vicarious flight. |
| disruptor n. | 1931 Emperor of the Stars in Wonder Stories Apr. 1216/2 The disruptor rays had absolutely no effect upon these creatures. Matter was differently constituted here—earth forces were unable to break up these atoms. All was lost! |
| otherspace n. | 1937 Cavern of the Shining Pool in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 78/2 ‘There it is, straight ahead. Look.’ And so it was, shimmering discreetly, a vague intangible veil across the black curtain of this other-space. |
| out-planet n. | 1943 Venus Station in Science Fiction Stories Apr. 21/1 I’ve run into happenstances before, on the Out-Planets, that didn’t seem to make sense. |
| space cadet n. | 1943 Sunward Flight in Super Science Stories Feb. 98/1 That hatch may open again, however, at your word, to return you to Earth. I rest it on your honor as space cadets that if it should, what I say to you now will remain within the hull of the Aldebaran. |
| thought screen n. | 1931 Back to 20,000 A.D. in Wonder Stories Mar. 1132/2 He invented a thought screen that, when worn, effectually shields the wearer from intrusion into his private thoughts. |
| thought shield n. | 1931 Back to 20,000 A.D. in Wonder Stories Mar. 1143/2 You see, I was wearing the thought-shield, and according to my experience and the explanation of Arkon, no least thought vibration should escape through the barrier of its field. |
| visor screen n. | 1931 Revolt of the Machines in Astounding Stories July 91/2 An oval visor-screen with its flitting images brought across space the area the switches controlled. |