As today's Google doodle memoralizes, today is the 66th anniversary of the Roswell incident, which got me thinking of all things sci-fi. I've been catching up on some sci-fi reading lately – particularly in light of the fact that the Ender's Game movie will finally be coming out later this year – and I started thinking about some of my favorite sci-fi terminology invented by authors in the genre. A current favorite is "glasstique" – a combination glass/plastic building material that I think was coined by Ann Aguirre in "Grimspace". Does anyone have others they'd like to share?
Favorite Sci-Fi Terminology
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For whatever reason, I'm partial to "jaunt" for "to teleport", from Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" (also sometimes published as "Tyger! Tyger!"). I sometimes find myself wanting to use the term, but then stop myself as I realize no one else will understand what I'm saying…