SF Citations for OED

Full record for outworld n.

Definition	a remote, distant, or outlying world
OED requirements	antedating 1951
Earliest cite	Milton Lesser, 'A as in Android'
Comment	Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a 1985 reprint of Edmond Hamilton's "The Closed Worlds"; there was an Ace book edition ca. 1968, but its bibliography is so unclear that we would like to see cites from any other pre-1985 edition. Malcolm Farmer suggested Milton Lesser's "Revolt of the Outworlds" and Mike Christie submitted a cite from the 1954 first publication. Malcolm Farmer submitted a 1966 cite from John Brunner's "The Long Way to Earth". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 2001 reprint of Doris Egan's 1989 "Gate of Ivory". Enoch Forrester submitted cites from Asimov's 1988 "Prelude to Foundation". Michael Dolbear submitted a cite from a 1996 reprint of Diane Duane's 1983 "So You Want to Be a Wizard". Fred Galvin submitted cites from a 1959 reprint of Damon Knight's "Double Meaning": we would like to verify them in the story's first publication (Startling Stories, January 1953). Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1963 reprint of Milton Lesser's ""A" as in Android", which Mike Chritie verified in its 1951 first publication. we would like to verify this in the first publication (Future Science Fiction, May, 1951.) OED entry revised in December 2004
Last modified	6 July, 2008

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1951 M. Lesser ‘A’ as in Android in Future May 75/2	Orders are beginning to pour in from all over the outworlds.
1953 D. Knight Double Meaning in Startling Stories Jan. 56/2	You told me, under interrogation, that your only reason for working with the Empire, against its rivals, was that the Empire was necessary to the Outworlds—that if it broke up too soon, the Outworlds would either fall with it, or else become as ‘ossified’ as the Empire itself, which would be equally bad.
1962 C. Smith Ballad of Lost C'mell in T. Shippey Oxf. Bk. Sci. Fiction (1992) 308	Commissioner Teadrinker, sir. He's in charge of all outworld visitors.
1983 D. Duane So you want to be Wizard? 120	It would be folly to try matching wizardries with the Lone Power on its own ground, this outworld long given over to its rule.