ftl adv.
SF Encyclopedia
FTL
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1950
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Fritz Leiber
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‘You fly fast, Elven.’…Elven agreed softly without looking around, and added, ‘FTL’—Meaning Faster Than Light.
Enchanted Forest in Astounding Science Fiction Oct. 111/2 -
1958
Don Berry
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They tell me that I’m not actually traveling FTL, it just seems that way.
Intruder in Venture Science Fiction Magazine Mar. 81/2 -
1969
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Richard C. Meredith
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They'll probably stay sub-light… But would it help us to go FTL?
We All Died at Breakaway Station in Amazing Stories Mar. 73/2 -
2001
James Alan Gardner
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Okay, toots…you’re on the air. And no matter what, keep talking till we’re ready to go FTL.
Ascending v. 48
Research requirements
antedating 1950
Earliest cite
Fritz Leiber, in Astounding
Research History
Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a reprint of Richard Meredith's "We All Died At Breakaway Station"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1969 first magazine appearance.Douglas Winston submitted a 2001 cite from James Alan Gardner's "Ascending".
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