8 Terms
Contributors in Fiction
Fiction
Holocon
Literature; Fiction
A small, spherical hologram generated by any of a number of automated communications or data handling tools, containing a defined packet of data, usually with a single-focus function. Common ...
ComWeb
Literature; Fiction
The Hub's largest commercial space-based communications network, using modified TPE beacon technology to relay transmissible media through subspace.
Tayun
Literature; Fiction
Part of the Ophiuchi Circuit, the Tayun colony has a reputation for permissive business regulation and ferocious commercial vendettas.
The Alchemist
Literature; Fiction
'The Alchemist'' (1988) is a novel, written by Paulo Coelho. It was originally written in Portuguese, then translated into 67 different languages; it won the Guinness World Record for most ...
Toxscan, toxscan field
Literature; Fiction
Any of a number of detection and analysis protocols for identifying organic and inorganic toxins, including artificially constructed nanocytes, commonly used in private war assassinations.
Takho
Literature; Fiction
The circular ground, about 4 metres in diameter, for a formal personal combat challenge in Klarosian military custom. At one time the challenge ground was merely delineated, but with the modification ...
