Full record for homo superior n.

Definition	the hypothetical superior successor species to homo sapiens.
OED requirements	antedating 1935
Earliest cite	Olaf Stapledon, "Odd John"
Comment	Mike Christie submitted a 1943 cite from editorial comments by John Campbell in the letter column in Astounding. Mike Christie submitted a 1944 cite from Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Children's Hour". Mike Christie submitted a 1946 cite from Eric Frank Russell's "Metamorphosite". Katrina Campbell submitted a 1973 cite from Roger Price and Julian Gregory's "The Visitor". Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a reprint of Philip K. Dick's "The Golden Man"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1954 first magazine appearance. Jeff Prucher submitted a 1998 cite from Neil Gaiman's foreword to Samuel Delany's "The Einstein Intersection". Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a reprint of Francis Donovan's "The Short Life"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1955 first magazine appearance. Ralf Brown located and Steven Silver submitted a 1991 cite from George Zebrowski's "Stranger Suns". Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a reprint of Lewis Padgett's "When the Bough Breaks"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1944 first magazine appearance. Dan Clore located a cite in a 1972 reprint of Olaf Stapledon's "Odd John"; Fred Galvin verified the citation in the 1935 first edition.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for homo superior n.

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1955 ‘F. Donovan’ Short Life in Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 48/2	Now you see why I dared not go even farther and release—untrained and with no hope of adequate training—the true Homo superior, the transcendent man.
1991 G. Zebrowski Stranger Suns 279	Into a being that will continue to change. Not instant homo superior, but with small steps over a long period of time.