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"This first-ever dictionary, with over one thousand entries, is a treasury of science fiction's most popular words, names, characters, terms, expressions, and phrases. Roberta Rogow demystifies the argot of SF convention goers and fanzines, explains terms from literature, physics, astronomy, and aerospace, and defines these terms within the realm of science fiction. She also profiles writers, filmmakers, television shows, movies, and publishers and...
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"Track the trends across 105 years of language innovation with this account of words we now take for granted but which were once linguistic newcomers." "Movers and Shakers is an updated and recast edition of 20th Century Words, first published in 1999. John Ayto paints a picture of each decade of the twentieth century through its new vocabulary, and looks at the first new arrivals of the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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