Re: What book was that invention in?

Looks interesting, but it's crowd sourced and must be used with
caution. For instance, if you look for "alien," the closest you get is
"alien lifeform," attested to in "Hothouse Planet" (1937) by Arthur K.
Barnes. Online Etymology Dic has it from 1920, though it doesn't give
the specific source.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:46 PM, Ben Speaker <[email protected]> wrote:
> In case you frequently get vague requests that you have no way to research,
> this is a surprisingly deep resource for finding science fiction books by
> the invention that they feature. So many of them are coming out of fiction
> and into fact these days, that I thought it might be useful for those on
> this list. It's categorized and searchable. I ran across it because I was
> queried on sci-fi clothing by a fashion designer.
>
> http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/grabbag.asp?Offset=13
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Ben
>



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Helge