xenobiology n.
the study of the biology of extraterrestrial life forms
SF Encyclopedia
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1954
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Robert A. Heinlein
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I have never taken any interest in xenobiology.
Star Lummox in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 60 -
1957
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Poul Anderson
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They stood in an outer office of the xenobiology section.
Call Me Joe in Astounding Science Fiction 19/2 -
1966
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John Brunner
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I’m not sufficiently grounded in xenobiology to know if the basic assumption is sound.
Product of the Masses in Worlds of If Apr. 101/1 -
1972
Marion Zimmer Bradley
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There have been intelligent life-forms reported from three or four other planets; so far they have reported one simian, one feline, and three unclassifiable—xenobiology isn’t my specialty.
Darkover Landfall vi. 64
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1984
Diane Duane
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‘I thought he was in Life Sciences.’ ‘Xenobiology…This is his hobby, though. It’s useful enough’.
My Enemy, My Ally vi. 79
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1995
Alan Dean Foster
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As soon as he reached the port he knew that the heretofore grand discoveries of lichen and fungi on Tycho V and Burke had been instantly relegated to the realm of footnotes in the young world of xenobiology.
Life Form 36
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1996
William Shatner
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Starfleet’s xenobiology records didn’t either.
Return xxix. 222
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2004
Peter F. Hamilton
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A little town of industrial-style buildings surrounded it, containing offices, laboratories, workshops, training facilities, and the xenobiology department.
Pandora’s Star vii. 167
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2012
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John Scalzi
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The Academy seemed like the best exit strategy. Spent four years there studying xenobiology and linguistics.
Redshirts (2013) 20
Research requirements
antedating 1954
Earliest cite
Robert Heinlein, 'The Star Lummox'
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