Nat Schachner
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33 Quotations from Nat Schachner
| aerocab n. | 1941 Jurisdiction in Astounding Science-Fiction Aug. 34/1 ‘When…when did you arrive?’….‘About five minutes ago. I took an aërocab to beat the news.’ |
| aerocar n. | 1941 Beyond All Weapons in Astounding Science-Fiction Nov. 136/1 He slid back into the aërocar, two badly frightened Circle Guards with him; the seals were set and he soared away. |
| alien n. | 1931 Venus Mines, Incorporated in Wonder Stories Aug. 307/1 Arnim and Britt watched the ten-foot tall aliens stride across the short stretch of deck to the entrance lock of their own vessel. Around the waist of each a studded belt was clamped, its excresences showing where the individual gravity coils were inserted. Were it not for these the Martians would have been rising a hundred feet with each step, so small was the asteroid’s attraction. |
| Callistan n. 1 | 1932 Pirates of Gorm in Astounding Stories May 151/2 ‘Miro thinks,’ the Chief, continued unheeding, ‘that the Callistans know more about this than they admit. He has a theory that Callisto is somehow gathering up these ships to use in a surprise attack against his own planet, Ganymede. He says Callisto has always hated them.’ ‘Damn good reason,’ Grant said laconically. |
| 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! |
| disruptor n. | 1931 Emperor of the Stars in Wonder Stories Apr. 1216/2 In great waves the green terrors advanced. Desperately the men searched about for some opening, some gap through which to seek escape. There was none. Enringed, they stood at bay, defenseless, now that the disruptor tubes, potent weapons of destruction on earth, were useless. |
| flame gun n. | 1937 Crystallized Thought in Astounding Stories Aug. 101/2 The first wave of attack came hurtling, baying like hounds on their trail. He caught them unawares. His flame gun spouted a long streamer of gas. The inflammable gas united explosively with the oxygen of the air, spread a wide sheet of flame over the oncoming men. There was a howl of pain, suddenly hushed screams, and half a dozen crisped bodies tumbled awkwardly to the rock. The rest recoiled hastily. |
| gyrobus n. | 1933 Memory of Atoms in Wonder Stories Jan. 618/2 A huge gyro-bus, completely enclosed, dull black in color, oblong, sinister, poised on its monorail in front of a great terraced Residential Apartment. |
| intersystem adj. | 1941 Old Fireball in Astounding Science-Fiction June 88/2 Dale hustled over to the office of the Intersystem Communications Service. |
| moonquake n. | 1940 Runaway Cargo in Astounding Science-Fiction Oct. 94/1 Some pockets close to the surface got exposed. A moonquake, mebbe; a big meteor; or mebbe just plain erosion. |
| mutant n. | 1934 100th Generation in Astounding Stories 94/1 Evolution had done its worst as far as he was concerned. Everything about him was unhuman, from the tough warty skin that inclosed him, through the rubbery dangling fingers…. Lorn must have been a mutant, somewhere in the earlier generations, that had bred true and increased its divergence from generation to generation. |
| Rigellian n. 1 | 1937 Beyond Infinity in Astounding Stories Jan. i. 10/1 After the first stunned shock of surprise, however, the nations of the world rallied, sank their sectional differences, and in the great Interstellar War of 3207 overwhelmed the intruders, and slew them to the very last Rigellian. In the doing, however, a billion humans died. |
| Rigellian adj. | 1937 Beyond Infinity in Astounding Stories Jan. i. 10/1 From Rigellian captives a very little had been learned. It was extremely difficult to establish communication—vegetative thought processes could not readily be transmuted into recognizable form. |
| Sirian adj. | 1938 Negative Space in Astounding Science-Fiction Apr. iii. 60/1 Sandra fell back into a chair, hid her face in her hands. The vision of Earth, her home, its green fields and tossing oceans, its teeming peoples even now living and loving and laughing, unknowing of onrushing catastrophe, brought choking sobs from her lips. ‘Yes,’ repeated Jerry dully, as if to himself, ‘nothing can save Earth. A new nova will appear in the heavens for the delectation of astronomers on some Sirian planet.’ |
| Sol n. 1 | 1931 Emperor of the Stars in Wonder Stories Apr. 1229/2 There’s Orion, there’s Cassiopeia, there’s Lyra, there’s Old Sol! We're home again. |
| space law n. | 1941 Old Fireball in Astounding Science-Fiction June 80/2 As space became less of a thing unknown, and law and order took the place of the old scramble for new worlds, however, codes were established, spheres delimited and space law came into being. |
| space law n. | 1941 Old Fireball in Astounding Science-Fiction June 88/1 Then you ought to know something about space law. You signed the articles and you’re bound by them for the duration. A captain has power of life and death on a trip. |
| space tan n. | 1936 Reverse Universe in Astounding Stories June 10/2 Talbot flushed under his space tan. |
| space-tanned adj. | 1932 Slaves of Mercury in Astounding Stories Sept. 81/2 Hilary’s space-tanned features hardened; the light gray of his eyes darkened. |
| space warp n. | 1935 Son of Redmask in Astounding Stories Aug. 101/1 For centuries they had endured under their diverse forms of government…wrapped in special defenses which they to the mightiest weapons that human science could bring to bear. Of such were the Space-Warp that flowed in a solid cessation of light around Yorrick, the inconceivably compact hemisphere of Impermite that inclosed [sic] Pisbor, and the shimmering Web-Curtain behind which Chico hazed and danced like a mirage. |
| subspace n. | 1937 Crystallized Thought in Astounding Stories Aug. 103/2 The repulsor elements tapped subspace, and hence were unimpeded by any waves in normal space time. |
| suit n. | 1931 Emperor of the Stars in Wonder Stories Apr. 1215/1 By this time he had donned the suit; only the helmet was not yet clamped into position. |
| telescanner n. | 1938 Sun-World of Soldus in Astounding Science-Fiction Oct. 109/2 His wandering eyes glued feverishly to the eyepiece of the small but powerful telescanner. ‘Found a sunspot before the due date?’ demanded Jerry. But the little man was already at the physicist’s side, gripping his shoulder with a terrible grip. ‘What do you see?’ Vic shoved him off with a twitch of athletic shoulders, continued to stare. Then, suddenly, he swung away, blinking, blinded. His sweaty face was puzzled. ‘It may be only a meteor,’ he admitted. |
| teleview n. | 1936 Isotope Men in Astounding Stories Jan. 67/1 Stubbs just appeared on the teleview with an announcement. |
| 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. |
| thought shield n. | 1931 Back to 20,000 A.D. in Wonder Stories Mar. 1146/1 ‘Weren’t you afraid the Jed would know of your plans by reading your thoughts, and destroy you?’ Sid laughed. ‘A fine reporter you are. Blind as a bat. Look!’ I stared at him again, and was never more shamed in my life. For, encircling his forehead, plain for all to see, was—a thought-shield. So befuddled had I been that in all this time I had not noticed this obvious adornment on the heads of all who were congregated there. |
| time warp n. | [1930 In 20,000 A.D.! in Wonder Stories Sept. 314/1 (footnote) Jenkins had evidently fallen into a warp in space. The Vanishing Wood was a pucker—a fault, we might say, borrowing a geologic term—in the curvature of space. Through this warp he had been thrown clear out of our three dimensions into a fourth dimension. There he slid in time over the other side of the ridge or pucker, into the same spot in the three-dimensional world, but into a different era in time. Notice that he had not traveled an inch in space; all his journeying had been purely in time.] |
| Vestan adj. | 1941 Jurisdiction in Astounding Science-Fiction Aug. 15/1 Mighty flexible and generous, the Vestan corporation laws, sir. Nothing like those of Earth and Mars. Initial fees nominal, sir, and the taxes are practically nothing. |
| viewport n. | 1935 Ultimate Metal in Astounding Stories Feb. 98/1 Dean moved half consciously to the view-porte [sic] that was tilted at an angle to bring into focus the panorama of the streets. |
| visor screen n. | 1936 Isotope Men in Astounding Stories Jan. 68/1 The visor screen went blank. |
| 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. |
| warp n. | [1930 In 20,000 A.D.! in Wonder Stories Sept. 314/1 (footnote) Jenkins had evidently fallen into a warp in space. The Vanishing Wood was a pucker—a fault, we might say, borrowing a geologic term—in the curvature of space. Through this warp he had been thrown clear out of our three dimensions into a fourth dimension. There he slid in time over the other side of the ridge or pucker, into the same spot in the three-dimensional world, but into a different era in time. Notice that he had not traveled an inch in space; all his journeying had been purely in time.] |