Calvin M. Knox

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Used as a pseudonym. See also: Robert Silverberg

6 Quotations from Calvin M. Knox

nightside adj. 1958 ‘C. M. Knox’ Fueling Stop in Future Science Fiction Oct. 30/2 We were spiralling down to the surface of the planet for a nightside landing.
parking orbit n. 1958 ‘C. M. Knox’ Prime Commandment in Original Science Fiction Stories Jan. 6/1 Even had the strangers come that night, if they had left their ship in a parking orbit and landed on World by dropshaft, it might not have happened.
sol-type adj. 1958 ‘C. M. Knox’ Frontier Planet in Super-Science Fiction June 86/1 The hot Sol-type sun had burned away the morning clouds, leaving clear blue sky for the afternoon.
space tan n. 1956 ‘C. Knox’ Look Homeward, Spaceman in Amazing Stories Aug. 64/2 It was a younger version of himself at the door, with narrower shoulders, a paler face (Paul was proud of his heavy space-tan).
space-tanned adj. 1956 ‘C. Knox’ Look Homeward, Spaceman in Amazing Stories Aug. 72/2 He was a short, wiry man, smiling broadly, with thin space-tanned features and a keen-pointed nose.
star liner n. 1958 ‘C. M. Knox’ Silent Invaders in Infinity Oct. 10 Several dozen ungainly little ferries hovered just outside, linked to the huge starliner by connecting tubes.