George S. Elrick
3 Quotations from George S. Elrick
| alternate reality n. | 1978 Science Fiction Handbook 30 Alternate reality, (fiction) another—equally valid but not always attainable—way of experiencing existence. Implicit in the concept is the postulate that there may be a multiplicity of universes nested together, Chinese-box fashion, though each discrete universe normally is oblivious of the others. |
| New Wave n. | 1978 Science Fiction Handbook 182 ‘New Wave’ science fiction, (Generic.) Science fiction that emphasizes raw sex, bone-crunching violence, and deep pessimism about ‘the meaning of it all’. It tends to be self-consciously stylistic, and heavily underscores such present-day problems as pollution, racism, and overpopulation. |
| Uranian adj. | 1978 Science Fiction Handbook 86 ego decimator…. A Uranian torture device that destroys will power via painful psychological whittling. |