star liner n.
Vehicles
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1932
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Frank K. Kelly
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There’s a Star liner leaving Grand Central Space Terminal at twelve tonight; the Trident. She’s fast, a crack Mars ship.
Radium World in Wonder Stories Feb. 1067/2 -
1942
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L. M. Jensen
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Ben, you’ve been around the starliner business long enough, now, that you should know those old reaction-drive cans couldn’t be remodeled. Why, the rotary-stress girders alone would mean rebuilding from the ground up.
Probability Zero!: Take-off in Astounding Science-Fiction Dec. 108/2 -
1954
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Charles A. Stearns
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The starliner was crowded with the pilgrims of the Blue Rain. Mr. Wilburn was out of place, and shabbily dressed.
The Wall in Thrilling Wonder Stories Summer 55/2 -
1958
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Robert Silverberg
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Several dozen ungainly little ferries hovered just outside, linked to the huge starliner by connecting tubes.
Silent Invaders in Infinity Oct. 10 -
1966
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Larry S. Todd
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Krauss stopped his car in front of the old red-hulled Pantagruel, a retired Cunard Starliner, and had the cargo lock thrown open.
Most Delicious Foe in Worlds of Tomorrow Aug. 82/1 -
1980
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Richard S. McEnroe
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The Missed had been the ship Chavez took passage aboard for the three weeks’s trip from the passing starliner to Wolkenheim.
Skinner in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 119 -
1995
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Ray Aldridge
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A monster was rolling in the trough of the big waves. Its copper-scaled body was larger than the starliner that had brought me to this ocean world.
Spine Divers in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 124 -
2003
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Timothy Zahn
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Right. Breaking into a strongly built and heavily protected vault aboard a luxury starliner should be just a walk in the park.
Dragon & Thief 171
Research requirements
antedating 1932
Earliest cite
Frank K. Kelly, "Radium World", in Wonder Stories
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