Alfred Bester

alternate future n.	1941 A. Bester Probable Man in Astounding Science-Fiction July 89/2 So, although b can reverse his time machine and go back to his own date, he will never find the reality of the present he left. He will always land in another of the infinite number of alternate futures coexisting.
alternative reality n.	1941 A. Bester Probable Man in Astounding Science Fiction July 88/1 In 2941 when you started your journey through Time, you were a reality. In 1941 you were a reality. But now, back in 2941, you’re an alternative reality existing in the wrong alternate.
gyrocab n.	1942 A. Bester Life for Sale in Amazing Stories Jan. 180/2 The underground and surface transportation had failed altogether. There was not a gyrocab to be seen anywhere.
jaunt v.	1956 A. Bester The Stars My Destination in Galaxy Science Fiction Oct. 13/2 Space set a final limitation, for no man had ever jaunted farther than a thousand miles. [Ibid. 29/2] Then they all jaunted to the school and back to Times Square.