planet-hopping adj.
that planet-hops; of or relating to planet-hopping n.
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1946
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Don Wilcox
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‘My people are not interested in the languages of other planets. They would not approve of space ships. That is why I land in the dark.’ Joe and Uncle Keller started at each other. They had imagined her people to be a race of planet-hopping scientists.
Land of Big Blue Apples in Fantastic Adventures May 13/2 -
1950
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Gleeps was an unusual character; he haunted the spacelanes, drove planet hopping tourists mad, and generally made his presence felt in the most infuriating manner.
…The Anams in the Corson Grow… in Renascence (#1) Aug. 4/1 -
1953
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H. B. Fyfe
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You penniless, planet-hopping tramp!
Fast Passage in Other Worlds Jan. 75/1 -
1990
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Baird Searles
His life has been devoted to creating his own—er, spaceship is not quite the word. It’s more of a planet-hopping estate, fashioned from a comet.
On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction July 179/2 -
2001
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With plenty of high-powered energy cannons, planet-hopping starships, and body-altering cyberware, Fading Suns...has everything that a dyed-in-the-wool science fiction gamer would need. So why is it being reviewed in a fantasy magazine?
Fantasy or Sci Fi? in Realms of Fantasy Oct. 90/1 -
2015
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The single greatest inspiration for Star Wars was Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), Universal’s third and final ‘chapter play’ featuring Buster Crabbe as the planet-hopping hero. [Ibid. 289] Despite its planet-hopping narrative, the real drama of Star Wars doesn't operate on a galactic scale but on an intimate, personal one.
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