Sam Merwin, Jr.

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Sam Merwin, Jr.

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disintegrator n. 1951 S. Merwin House of Many Worlds in Startling Stories Sept. 33/1 At that moment an officer appeared and struck down the disintegrator…before it could be fired again.
earth person n. 1953 ‘J. J. Ferrat’ Nightmare Tower in Fantastic Universe June–July 37/1 No other Earth-person has ever been able to make the grade.
gravitied adj. 1 1953 S. Merwin, Jr. Arbiter in Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug. 107/2 Competition with lighter-gravitied Mars and Ganymede is far too tight to cut payloads for more fuel.
overdrive n. 1951 ‘C. Sprague’ Milords Methuselah in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 95/1 Mike was then a hot young pilot-engineer, one of the first half dozen space pilots to master the intricacies of the rediscovered overdrive that enabled men once more to visit the stars through travel faster than light in the dead greyness of subspace.