Henry Slesar

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Henry Slesar

5 Quotations from Henry Slesar

matter transporter n. 1957 H. Slesar 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 ‘O. H. Leslie’ 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 H. Slesar 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 ‘I. Jorgensen’ 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 H. Slesar 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?