Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
Order by: alphabetical | chronological ( asc | desc )
| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Klingon n. (1967) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a member of a humanoid alien race, characterized by authoritarian brutality and a strict code of honor; (also) the language of this race, now widely studied as an artificial language |
| 1967 | neopro n. (1967) | a new professional writer |
| 1967 | organlegger n. (1967) | a person who illegally removes organs from people or corpses and sells them to use for transplantation |
| 1967 | sublight n. (1967) | speeds below light-speed |
| 1967 | time hopper n. 2 (1967) | = time traveller n. |
| 1967 | Tolkienesque adj. (1967) | characteristic of or resembling J.R.R. Tolkien or his writings; cf. Tolkienian adj. |
| 1967 | transhuman adj. (1967) | having the qualities or characteristics of transhumans |
| 1967 | trekker n. (1967) | an admirer of the U.S. television programme Star Trek |
| 1967 | tribble n. (1967) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a species of small, furry, featureless alien |
| 1966 | ansible n. (1966) | an instantaneous communication device, not limited by the speed of light; cf. earlier ultraphone n. |
| 1966 | clone n. (1966) | any member of a hypothetical population of artificially produced, identical beings; (also) a duplicate of a living person |
| 1966 | corpsicle n. (1966) | a cryogenically frozen person; someone in cold sleep n.; (also, occasionally) a frozen corpse |
| 1966 | cryonics n. (1966) | the practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have died, usu. of an incurable disease, with the aim of reviving them once a cure has been found |
| 1966 | Cyberman n. (1966) | in the British television series Doctor Who: one of a race of emotionless cybernetic humanoids |
| 1966 | Dyson sphere n. (1966) | an artificial structure in the form of a hollow shell surrounding a star, built esp. in order to capture the starβs energy output |
| 1966 | Earthsider n. (1966) | a native or inhabitant of Earth |
| 1966 | holovision n. (1966) | = tri-v n. |
| 1966 | Nebula n. (1966) | any of several awards given annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing |
| 1966 | phaser n. (1966) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a (usu. hand-held) weapon incorporating an energy beam whose phase can be altered to create different effects (such as stunning, disintegration, etc.) on the target |
| 1966 | Romulan n. (1966) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a member of a humanoid alien race |
| 1966 | skyhook n. 4 (1966) | = orbital tower n. |
| 1966 | sophont n. (1966) | an intelligent being |
| 1966 | spinward adv. (1966) | in the direction that something (as a space station or a galaxy) is rotating |
| 1966 | sublight adv. (1966) | at a speed below light-speed |
| 1966 | tricorder n. (1966) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a medium-sized hand-held device used for data sensing, analysis, and recording |
| 1966 | Vulcan n. (1966) | in the fictional universe of the Star Trek franchise: a member of a humanoid alien race, characterized by strictly logical and rational thinking and the suppression of normal human emotions; (hence) a person regarded as having similar characteristics |
| 1965 | autodoc n. (1965) | a system providing automated medical care |
| 1965 | Belter n. (1965) | a native or resident of an asteroid belt n. |
| 1965 | filksinging n. (1965) | the singing of filk songs |
| 1965 | galactographer n. (1965) | one who maps the physical structure of galaxies; an expert in galactography n. |
| 1965 | lasgun n. (1965) | = laser gun n. |