Full record for home star n.

Definition	the star which the homeworld orbits.
OED requirements	antedating 1939
Earliest cite	Clifford Simak, "The Cosmic Engineers"
Comment	Suggested by Randy Hoffman Ralf Brown located, and Douglas Winston and Lawrence Watt-Evans independently submitted, a cite from a reprint of Robert Silverberg's "Tower of Glass"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1970 first magazine appearance. Douglas Winston submitted a 1989 cite from Nick Pollotta and Phil Foglio's "Illegal Aliens". Douglas Winston submitted a 1967 cite from a reprint of Poul Anderson's "the Trouble Twisters", which Mike Christie verified in its 1965 first publication. Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 2000 reprint of C.J. Cherryh's "Port Eternity", which Mike Christie verified in its 1982 first publication. Fred Galvin submitted a 1952 cite from Michael Shaara's "All The Way Back". Fred Galvin submitted a 1951 cite from Poul Anderson's "Interloper". Fred Galvin submitted a 1974 cite from Gordon Eklund and Greg Benford's "If The Stars Are Gods" Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1964 reprint of Clifford Simak's "The Cosmic Engineers": Mike Christie verified it in its first publication (serial in Astounding Science Fiction, January-April 1939) Fred Galvin submitted a 1987 cite from Thomas R. McDonough's "The Architects of Hyperspace"
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Citations for home star n.

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1939 C.D. Simak Cosmic Engineers in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Apr. 142/2	Swinging in a great, erratic orbit on the very edge of this nebulalike mass of raw planetary matter was a planet, a planet which they recognized. One of the planets of their old home star, fourth out from the Sun. It had been stolen from their Sun, now was swinging in an orbit of its own.
1970 R. Silverberg Tower of Glass in Galaxy Mag. Apr. 120/2	‘We have tracked the signals to their source,’ Vargas said. ‘I thought you would like to see their home star.’
1987 T.R. McDonough Architects of Hyperspace 211	“Now, we will show you their home.” A nondescript red star floated in the center of the amphitheater, speckled with dark star spots. “This is their home star.”