John D. MacDonald
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| alternate reality n. | 1950 Shadow on Sand in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 27/1 We have made the basic and very important discovery of a twin planetary system corresponding to our own, separated from us only by a symbolic logicianโs definition of reality. This is not a completely physical and technical phenomenon. It is a philosophical phenomenon. In simplest terms the formula can be expressed this way: The twin world exists because any definitive explanation of reality presupposes alternate realities. Thus the doorway was achieved by the creation of unreality. Call it negative matter if you will. A sphere where there is no reality must, through the application of the basic formula, be a bridge between realities. |
| home galaxy n. | 1951 Common Denominator in Galaxy Science Fiction July 22/1 The Argonauts, as they came to be called, were pleasantly similar to mankind. It was additional proof that only in the rarest instance was the life-apex on any planet in the home Galaxy an abrupt divergence from the โhumanโย form. |
| nova v. | 1950 Shadow on the Sand in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 16/2 We can nova a sun, explode a planet, blast a sea into steam in a tenth of a second. |
| space-borne adj. | 1950 Shadow on the Sand in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 26/2 And just in case we fail I suggest that we contact the A-list of all League personnel and advise them to ready themselves for basic flight procedure. We have statistically determined that even with maximum efficiency, one in ten on the A-list will be spaceborn [sic] in time but I feel that this is a necessary move. |
| sublight adj. | 1950 Shadow on the Sand in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 14/1 They were in the eight-minus level, apparently. Later, when he found a reference to the manufacture of radioactives, he quickly revised it to six-minus, knowing that these people were on the verge of Newtonian sub-light space travel. |
| three-D n. | 1948 School for the Stars in Astounding Science Fiction Oct. 110/1 You must have loaned your three-di projector, too. All youโve got here is the micrograph projector for your dirty two-dimensional scenes. |
| wallscreen n. | 1950 Gift of Darkness in Super Science Stories Apr. 76/1 The communi-phones were right here, of course, and the wall screen buttons right there. |