earthport n.

a spaceport on Earth

Usually as a proper name.

  • 1931 J. H. Haggard An Adventure on Eros in Wonder Stories Sept. 548/1 page image J. Harvey Haggard bibliography

    He…pushed forward the blue square of crinkled paper…. [to:] INTERPLANETARY EARTHPORT [message:] IMPORTANT STOP DETAIN ALL SPACECRAFT LEAVING EARTH…[signed:] COMMANDER MARSPORT.

  • 1951 C. Walker The Scapegoats in New Worlds Autumn 45 page image Cedric Walker bibliography

    At Earthport there were the usual formalities, though on a slightly larger scale than at the Lareenian port.

  • 1956 R. A. Heinlein Double Star in Astounding Science Fiction Mar. 107/1 page image Robert A. Heinlein bibliography

    There was the usual sky[-]field crowd, not as numerous as at any Earthport, but numerous.

  • 1964 ‘C. Smith’ The Store of Heart’s Desire in Worlds of If May 80/2 page image Cordwainer Smith bibliography

    The circulation of water in immense volumes, millions upon millions of gallons, for the multiple purposes of Earthport—sanitation, cooling, drinking, industrial purposes. [Ibid. 110/2] They had flown into Earthport city.

  • 1980 Starburst Magazine (#27) Nov. 29 (advt.) page image

    You will spend six months travelling from Earthport across millions of miles of space, visiting strange and wonderful planets along the way.

  • 1992 G. D. Nordley Barriers in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct.–Nov. 84 page image G. David Nordley bibliography

    I knew that was my last Thanksgiving at home; my first billet would leave from Earthport in January, and astronauts aren’t often home for holidays.

  • 2015 S. Baxter Endurance iv. 20 page image Stephen Baxter bibliography

    The frame bore down, widening in my view, and fell around us, obscuring the view of Earth and Earthport.

Research requirements

antedating 1931
Earliest cite

J. Harvey Haggard, in Wonder Stories

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