Full record for space-tanned adj.
| Definition | Having a space tan |
| OED requirements | antedating 1942 |
| Earliest cite | Cleve Cartmill, 'Some Day We'll Find You' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a 1956 cite from Calvin Knox's "Look Homeward, Spaceman". Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a quotation in a 1978 reprint of Theodore Sturgeon's 1951 story "The Travelling Crag"; Mike Christie verified it from the original appearance in Galaxy in 1950. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from an undated reprint of Harry Walton's "Schedule"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1945 first appearance. Mike Christie submitted a 1942 cite from Cleve Cartmill's "Some Day We'll Find You".
From his etext collection, Ralf Brown suggested a number of stories as sources for cites: we would like to see cites from printed sources of these stories: |
| Last modified | 24 August, 2009 |
Citations for space-tanned adj.
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| 1942 C. Cartmill Some Day We'll Find You in Astounding Sci.-Fiction Dec. 41/1 | Craig's space-tanned face set in lines of puzzlement. |
| 1950 Galaxy Sci. Fiction Oct. (back cover) | Jets blasting, Bat Durston came screeching down through the atmosphere of Bbllzznaj, a tiny planet seven billion light years from Sol. He cut out his super-hyper-drive for the landing‥and at that point a tall, lean spaceman stepped out of the tail assembly, proton gun-blaster in a space-tanned hand. |
| 1956 Amazing Stories Aug. 72/2 | He was a short, wiry man, smiling broadly, with thin space-tanned features and a keen-pointed nose. |