Denebian n. 1

a native or inhabitant of the Deneb system

Demonyms

  • 1942 I. Asimov The Hazing in Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct. 90/1 page image Isaac Asimov bibliography

    ‘I’m not talking about them from the physical standpoint,’ said the Denebian disgustedly. [Ibid. 93/1] The fuzzy little Denebian, Wri Forase, remained placidly in the background.

  • 1952 F. Herbert Looking for Something? in Startling Stories Apr. 124/1 page image Frank Herbert bibliography

    Mirsar Wees was a Denebian. His race had originated more than three million earth years ago on the fourth planet circling the star Deneb.

  • 1954 M. Reynolds Desperate Remedy in Science Fiction Quarterly Nov. 73/2 page image Mack Reynolds bibliography

    They went through a security check so strict that any Denebian, or any crackpot, would have been weeded out.

  • 1965 J. Scott The 2-D Problem in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Aug. 51/1 page image Jody Scott bibliography

    There were…cobra-headed Denebians with that smell between wet goat and pulp mill, and some of them would bang on the glass and shriek when you walked past.

  • 1977 R. E. Geis The Alien Viewpoint in Galaxy Aug. 115/2 page image Richard E. Geis bibliography

    I happen to know the Denebians will be visiting Earth in six years, and they look like four-foot peanuts with legs.

  • 1988 A. Jablokov Many Mansions in Asimov’s Science Fiction May 26 page image Alexander Jablokov bibliography

    Kinbarn the Denebian was known to have been in the vicinity of Chartres in the spring of 1227.

  • 2000 K. Brooke & E. Brown The Denebian Cycle in Interzone (#152) Feb. 35/2 page image Eric Brown Keith Brooke bibliography

    Corrie knew that the Denebians were a tribal hunter-gatherer species, migrating with the planet’s 39-year seasonal cycle. [Ibid. 45/1] The Denebian dragged her through the cavern, one long-fingered hand wrapped around her arm, another tangled in her hair.

  • 2017 A. M. Steele Avengers of the Moon x. 250 page image Allen Steele bibliography

    I’d be careful what you say about the Denebians. It’s a rather touchy subject for them.


Research requirements

antedating 1942

Earliest cite

Isaac Asimov, in Thrilling Wonder Stories

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