Brian Stableford

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cyborgization n. | 1979 | Cyborgs in P. Nicholls Science Fiction Encyclopedia 151/2 The functional cyborg made his first significant appearance in βScanners Live in Vainβ (1950) by Cordwainer Smith. Here cyborgization is designed for space flight, and this particular theme dominates stories of both functional and adaptive cyborgs. [Ibid.] Cyborgization in connection with space travel involves cyborg-spaceship stories such as [etc.].
terraformation n. | 1971 | In the Kingdom of the Beasts (1974) 51 The idea of terraformation did occur to me, but I rejected it.