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Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

22: Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction (with Jesse Sheidlower)

Mar 17, 2021
01:39:35

What’s a corpsicle? How old is the word hyperspace? Who was the first writer to use the term warp drive?

These and many other terms can be found in the landmark work The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, and with us is the editor, lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower.

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