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June 2021 Issue [Readings]

Terms of Estrangement

From the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, an online resource that began as a project of the Oxford English Dictionary.

meat puppet: the human body; a physical human being, especially in contrast to virtual reality or artificial intelligence

overmind: a single, nonmaterial consciousness composed of the consciousnesses of a large number of beings

corpsicle: a cryogenically frozen person; someone in cold sleep; (occasionally) a frozen corpse

dirtsider: a person who lives on a planet (in contrast to a person who lives or frequently…

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