Sci-fi fans - your dictionary needs you...

[Dudley]

The Oxford English Dictionary has set up rather a good site to try to trace the first usage of various well-known science fiction terms.  Sci-fi fans are invited to contribute: given the number of knowledgeable people about here, follow the link and it's not inconceivable that you could be a contributor to our national language!

Can you better an 1828 first siting of "alien" to mean extraterrestrial? Or "teleport" (1944), or "warp speed" (1977)?  Click and try!

Link: http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_citations.shtml" target="_blank">Jesse's word