Henry Slesar
5 Quotations from Henry Slesar
| matter transporter n. | 1957 Babbit from Bzlfsk in Amazing Stories June 45/1 ‘Do you think you could move his house? Without him finding out?’ ‘I suppose so. I have a small Matter Transporter in my suitcase.’ |
| mind-controlling adj. | 1958 Mission: Murder! in Amazing Stories Nov. 62/1 We knew that these mind-controlling mutants were posing as business men, successful men whose financial powers were all part of the invasion program. |
| space burn n. | 1957 25 Words or Less in Fantastic Universe Apr. 82/1 Do you know how many colonists have died up there? Did you ever hear of space-burn? Space-blindness? Do you know what a meteor strike can do to a man’s lungs? |
| space taxi n. | 1957 Tailor-Made Killers in Fantastic Science-Fiction Aug. 94/1 Three weeks later, the space taxi Gremlin arrived without ceremony at the invisibly-spinning turret of one of the Wheel’s two landing stations. |
| zero-g n. | 1957 Metal Martyr in Fantastic May 37/1 You were gonna be a big-shot surgeon. But you couldn’t handle a little zero-g operation, could you? |