torch v.
to travel in a spaceship using a torch drive
Propulsion
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1956
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Robert A. Heinlein
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About seventeen seconds and a gnat’s wink after we make contact the Go For Broke will torch for Mars…for we’ve got to be there by Wednesday.
Double Star in Astounding Science Fiction Feb. 29/2 -
1956
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Robert A. Heinlein
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I let myself be shanghaied aboard the spaceship Tom Paine and we were torching for Mars.
Double Star in Astounding Mar. 104/1 -
1974
Norman Spinrad
D’mahl was a detached observer far out in space watching the scoutship torch ahead of the Trek.
Riding Torch (1978) 189 -
2000
Michael F. Flynn
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I’ll take the parasols with me when I torch for the Moon and drop them off along the way.
Lodestar (2001) 173
Research requirements
antedating 1956
Research History
Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a reprint of Robert Heinlein's "Double Star"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1956 original magazine appearance.Malcolm Farmer suggested Norman Spinrad's "Riding the Torch"; Mike Christie located a cite from a 1978 reprint.
Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 2001 reprint of Michael Flynn's 2000 "Lodestar".
We would like cites of any date from other authors.
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