- noun
- A perpetual power source of extraterrestrial inception.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘space’ and (power-) ‘cell’.
- Source
- Roadside Picnic
- noun
- An augmented projection of the current locale.
- Origin
- Spime, an object that can be tracked in space and time.
- Source
- The Quantum Thief
- noun informal
- The Dillon-Wagoner gravitron polarity generator, an anti-gravity device that also enables faster-than-light travel.
- Origin
- Named for the device’s effect on the magnetic moment of atoms within its field.
- Source
- Cities in Flight
- adverb
- In the direction of spin (of a rotating ringworld or orbital habitat.)
- Source
- Ringworld
- noun
- A person who has become murderously and irreversibly insane due to excessive genetic modification.
- Source
- Bioshock
- noun
- The region of the human brain responsible for telepathic ability.
- Source
- Solar Lottery
- interjection
- Contraction of je suis d’accord.
- Origin
- Popularised by French Canadian hockey players in the twenty-first century.
- Source
- The Shockwave Rider
- noun
- A computer-generated artificial actor appearing in motion pictures.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘synthetic’ and ‘thespian’.
- Source
- Idoru