Glossary of Science Fiction Ideas and Inventions

[crystalwizard]

A comprehensive glossary of inventions in various sci-fi stories, the books/stories they are in and the author name.

Here's the link.

www.technovelgy.com/ct/ctnlistalpha.asp

Here's a few of the entries from the page:

Device Name Book/Story Author Date
Ablative Heat (Reentry) Shield - very early reference Triplanetary Smith 1934
Accelerated Schooling Cities in Flight Blish 1957
Acceleration Chair The Mote in God's Eye Niven (w/J. Pournelle) 1974
Acceleration Couch The Mote in God's Eye Niven (w/J. Pournelle) 1974
Acceleration Shell The Forever War Haldeman 1974
Acceleration-tank - very early reference Triplanetary Smith 1934
Accu-Terrain Floor Natulife Brin 1994
Actinoscope Ralph 124c 41 + Gernsback 1911


All the entries are click links. Clicking Ablative Heat Shield goes to a excellent page that discusses what it is, gives a quote from the book and even has a drawing of a similiar real world invention that Goodyear came up with in the 70s.

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