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?