William Tenn

avian n.	1948 ‘W. Tenn’ Ionian Cycle Aug. 116/2 The saffron sky was obscured by multitudes of black winged avians dipping in short angry circles. A swarm of the avians had surrounded the lifeboat and, as he watched, they lifted it slightly off the ground in the direction of the sea.
clanker n.	1958 ‘W. Tenn’ There Are Robots Among Us in Popular Electronics Aug. 47/1 Fritz Lang’s 1926 film Metropolis featured a female robot who was the first of a distinguished cinematic line—a line which eventually included such brainy clankers as the robot from another planet in The Day the Earth Stood Still and the swivel-headed Robby in MGM’s Forbidden Planet.
space-pale adj.	1948 ‘K. Putnam’ Dud in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. i. 91/1 I was amazed at the look of worry on his old, space-pale face.