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- adjective Of or pertaining to
positrons - adjective science fiction Of or pertaining to a supposed analogue of
electronics using positrons
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Gene Roddenberry and Asimovcorresponded with each other about the original Star Trek series and Asimov is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing the word "positronic" in his science fiction writing.
Archive 2009-01-01 Mish 2009
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Gene Roddenberry and Asimovcorresponded with each other about the original Star Trek series and Asimov is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing the word "positronic" in his science fiction writing.
Happy Science Fiction Day 2 Jan. Mish 2009
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What we see on our teevees now is a reanimated corpse, powered by some kind of positronic brain programmed solely for evil.
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Perry called the positronic brain on Venus and asked for the galactic co'rdinates of Wanderer! "
The Man with Two Faces Brand, Kurt 1976
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Even fifty-plus years on, Robbie is the positronic patriarch, the autarch of automata.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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Who dreams a positronic man? — the novel “The Positronic Man”, by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Janis Ian’s Welcome Home Deconstructed–by Janis 2010
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Adam Link, from Eando Binder's I, Robot (sic) and others; he'sthe missing link between clanking metallic monsters and positronic robots.
April 2010 2010
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Who dreams a positronic man? — the novel “The Positronic Man”, by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
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In “Little Lost Robot” a group of robots have a modified First Law, wherein the second half of the law is not part of their positronic brains.
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Adam Link, from Eando Binder's I, Robot (sic) and others; he'sthe missing link between clanking metallic monsters and positronic robots.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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