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- noun Plural form of
Jovian .
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We have STL stuff coming in from the Jovians and FTL coming in from Shrill space, but the Spindling is typically more complex.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 18.1 of 31.1 2009
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And when they first meet up on the surface of Jupiter, Towser starts talking to him using the previously unknown communication senses the Jovians possess, so that the two best friends can explore together.
Archive 2009-08-01 Fred Perry 2009
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She was grown to adulthood in this, uh, fetal stage - we patterned our Jovians after the terrestrial mammal.
Is James Cameron’s Avatar Actually an Uncredited Rewrite of a 1957 Poul Anderson Story? | /Film 2009
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And when they first meet up on the surface of Jupiter, Towser starts talking to him using the previously unknown communication senses the Jovians possess, so that the two best friends can explore together.
Skirmish Fred Perry 2009
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If we really want universal health care, let's truly make it universal at our expense of course; we owe the Jovians.
"Michigan Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney, because if Mitt wins, Democrats win." Ann Althouse 2008
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This article in Astrobiology Magazine highlights the role of Mars (and briefly answers the question, "Why Martians instead of Jovians?") in literature:
Shazbot 2005
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This article in Astrobiology Magazine highlights the role of Mars (and briefly answers the question, "Why Martians instead of Jovians?") in literature:
June 2005 2005
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And when the Jovians finally go beyond just saber-rattling and actually make a military play for control of the asteroid belt, it'll be me and my gals who will, armed with very, very shiny ray guns, force them back into their atmosphere.
June 2007 2007
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The first Christians were accused of blasphemy for the same reason, but the partisans of the ancient religion of the empire, the Jovians, who reproached the primitive Christians with blasphemy, were at length condemned as blasphemers themselves, under Theodosius II.
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As for extrasolar systems, most of them have so called torch Jovians, or large gas planets that orbit tightly around the parent star.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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