mutie n.
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1941
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Robert A. Heinlein
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There is even some question as to the original meaning of the word ‘mutie’. Certainly they number among their ancestors the mutineers who escaped death at the time of the rebellion. But they also have in their blood the blood of many of the mutants who were born during the dark age. You understand, of course, that during that period our present wise rule of inspecting each infant for the mark of sin and returning to the Converter any who are found to be mutations was not in force.
Universe in Astounding Science-Fiction May 16/2 -
1941
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Robert A. Heinlein
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Since the muties are the seed of sin, why do we make no effort to wipe them out?
Universe in Astounding Science-Fiction May 17/2 -
1949
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Charles L. Harness
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We’re going to take all your mutants away, professor. They are useless to the Imperium…. Give me Alar and keep your muties.
Flight Into Yesterday in Startling Stories May 24/2 -
1950
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Forrest J. Ackerman
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The Muties have a proverb: Two heads are better than none.
Mute Question in Other Worlds Sept. 53/2 -
1956
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Chad Oliver
Charles Beaumont
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‘So,’ Claude said without emotion, ‘your Esper Muties would rule the world, yet they cannot spell tyranny.’
I, Claude in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Feb. 101 -
1965
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Roger Zelazny
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The muties he had seen had all been puppies. Sigmund was full grown, and his gray-black fur had a tendency to bristle, which made him appear somewhat larger than a normal specimen of the breed.
He Who Shapes in Amazing Stories Jan. 98/1 -
1983
Gregory Benford
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They got another flock in late afternoon, surprising muties in a gully, but then the mutants ran and got in among the regular scooters.
Against Infinity i. ii. 13 -
1993
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Michael P. Belfiore
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Someone in my ancestry was genetically engineered. A Mutie, as such people were called. There were a lot of us Muties back then.
Salesman in Aboriginal Science Fiction Fall 47/2 -
2009
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Nancy Kress
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By nightfall the rioting had subsided, damped down by rumors that ‘muties’ were secretly roaming the streets, infecting everyone.
Act One in Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar. 39
Research requirements
antedating 1941
Earliest cite
Robert A. Heinlein, 'Universe'
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1941 cite from Heinlein's "Universe".Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Charles Beaumont and Chad Oliver.
Added to OED in June 2003.
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