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| | | Does anyone know who coined this term and when it might first have crept into the scifi lexicon? Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Kenneth A. Drumm, Ph.D.
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| | | | | Earliest I remember is in Star Trek the original. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.who isn't that big of a Star Trek know it all. "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G6A7Kn.8z5@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Rick Hallman
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| | | | | (...) I believe Star Trek Rick (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Ed T. Toton III
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| | | | | Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) I've always wondered that myself. I know it's mentioned in Star Wars in episode 4.. Earlier than that they were used a lot in the original Star Trek series. Beyond that, I have no idea. -- -Bones- = (URL) = (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) To answer your question, I want to go with E.E. "Doc" Smith and the Lensman series but I might be wrong. The concept of a force beam that can push or pull things, no matter how named, considerably predates Star Trek. BTW: It's SF or Science (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Ah! That sounds familiar. I had originally thought of Star Trek but I had a sense that it was older. (...) Certainly not, but I'm surrounded by them here at work... Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Well, they wouldn't be mundanes if they weren't common! :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Jason Maxwell
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| | | | | (...) OK, I've got to ask, what's the big deal about this? I'm harldy a scifi mundane but I find it easier to refer to Science Fiction as scifi (because it's shorter) than SF (because everyone looks at you and asks what SF means). The whole (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) If you think *that's* a futile argument, you should have stopped by OT.DEBATE a week or two ago! Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Jason Maxwell
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| | | | | | | | (...) I was, I just know better than to stick my neck into religious debates! 8-) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) What's fantasy got to do with it? Just because bookstores misfile David Eddings in the SF section doesn't make fantasy science fiction. As for using SF vs. scifi, it's simple. It's an insider vs. outsider thing, if you call it scifi, you're (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | (...) Gee Lar, Do you want to ask Todd to add .o-t.geek.mundane and .o-t.geek.real? ;-) BTW: He was looking for who started using that term, not where the idea came from. Wow, I am beginning to sound like you. <grin> Jude (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Na... who cares about the mundanes? (...) And I believe I answered the question. (...) You should be so lucky. <bigger grin> (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Tractor beam? —Wayne R. Hussey
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| | | | (...) The term may be older, but I am positive of its reference in the Lensman series. He also used "pressor", "force field/shield" and many other SF terms used commonly today. Wayne (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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