Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
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| First date | Word | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | cityship n. (1953) | a large spacecraft having the size or complexity of a city |
| 1953 | conreport n. (1953) | a report of the events of a convention |
| 1953 | dirtside adv. (1953) | on or to the surface of a planet (as opposed to in space) |
| 1953 | dystopian adj. (1953) | of or pertaining to a dystopia n. 2 |
| 1953 | Earthan adj. (1953) | = Earthian adj. |
| 1953 | Earthside n. (1953) | a group or department based on Earth; Earth itself |
| 1953 | eetee n. (1953) | = ET n. |
| 1953 | faan n. (1953) | a science fiction fan, esp. one regarded as non-serious, or devoted more to fandom than to science fiction itself; cf. sercon adj. |
| 1953 | filk n. (1953) | among science fiction and fantasy fans: a type of popular music, commonly performed at fan conventions, characterized by the use of familiar or traditional songs whose lyrics have been rewritten or parodied (usually on themes drawn from science fiction or fantasy literature) |
| 1953 | filk song n. (1953) | a song in the filk style |
| 1953 | Hugo n. (1953) | any of several awards presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention for excellence in science fiction or fantasy writing, art, publishing, etc. |
| 1953 | mainstream adj. (1953) | belonging to or characteristic of the dominant or traditional literary modes, especially representational fiction |
| 1953 | nova bomb n. (1953) | an extremely powerful nuclear bomb |
| 1953 | null-g n. (1953) | (as adjective) relating to, producing, or designed for a condition of zero gravity; (as noun) zero gravity: the state or condition in which there is no apparent force of gravity acting on a body, either because the force is locally weak, or because both the body and its surroundings are freely and equally accelerating under gravity; (also) a device or system that negates the force of gravity; cf. slightly earlier null-grav n. |
| 1953 | off-planet adv. (1953) | away from a particular planet; towards or on another planet; in or into space |
| 1953 | planet-hop v. (1953) | to travel from one planet to another, esp. in short trips; cf. slightly earlier planet-hopper n. 1 |
| 1953 | robotically adv. 2 (1953) | by means of a robot or robotics |
| 1953 | science-fictive adj. (1953) | relating to or characteristic of science fiction n. 2; science fictional adj. |
| 1953 | sci-fi adj. (1953) | of, relating to, or characteristic of science fiction n. 2 |
| 1953 | shuttlecraft n. (1953) | = shuttle n. |
| 1953 | space-operatic adj. (1953) | being or resembling space opera n. |
| 1953 | space science n. (1953) | the study of outer space |
| 1953 | sword and sorcery n. (1953) | a subgenre of fantasy n. 1 which describes the adventures of larger-than-life heroes or heroines in bronze-age or medieval settings, and especially their battles with magical or supernatural foes; = heroic fantasy n. |
| 1953 | time cop n. (1953) | a member of the time police n. |
| 1953 | time opera n. (1953) | a subgenre of science fiction featuring adventure-driven, extravagantly dramatic plots based on time travel; a work in this genre |
| 1953 | torcher n. (1953) | a pilot of a spaceship with a torch drive |
| 1953 | torchship n. (1953) | a spaceship that uses a torch drive n. |
| 1953 | trideo n. (1953) | a device or system capable of transmitting or displaying a (moving) three dimensional image; a (moving) image displayed by such a device |
| 1953 | UFO n. (1953) | an unidentified flying object; a βflying saucerβ |
| 1953 | vidcall n. (1953) | a call made on a videophone n. |
| 1953 | vidscreen n. (1953) | a screen capable of displaying a visual image; (also) a videophone n. |
| 1953 | WKF n. (1953) | someone who is moderately prominent within a particular fandom; cf. BNF n. |
| 1952 | biocomputer n. (1952) | a computer having components and circuits formed from or modelled on biological molecules or structures |