| OED requirements | antedating 1961 |
| Earliest cite | Keith Laumer, 'Stranger in Paradox' |
| Comment | Jeff Prucher submitted a 2000 cite from a reprint of David Weber and Steve White's 1997 "In Death Ground".
Jeff Prucher submitted a 1998 cite from Elizabeth Moon's "Rules of Engagement".
Douglas Winston submitted a 1989 cite from Lawrence Watt-Evans' "Nightside City".
Fred Galvin submitted a 1980 cite from David Brin's "Sundiver". Fred Galvin submitted a 1961 cite from Keith Laumer's "Stranger in Paradox".
Suggested by Ralf Brown, who has 3 cites from 3 authors in his electronic library. |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
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| 1980 D. Brin Sundiver 96 | You may recall we got back in system a couple of years ago. |
| 1989 J. Pournelle & S. M. Stirling Children's Hour in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars II (1991) ii. 176 | The flatlander warship was still headed insystem; from the look of things they were going to use the sun for a whip-round. |
| 1997 D. Weber & S. White In Death Ground (prologue) 7 | Argive had been in-system for over six days now without detecting anything but lifeless worlds and what might be a second warp point just over three light-hours from the star. |
| 1998 L. A. Graf & M. J. Friedman War Dragons i. 3, | I didn't realize you were in-system. |
| 2004 P. F. Hamilton Pandora's Star xviii. 585 | When MorningLightMountain8658 decelerated insystem, it found an extensive civilization occupying the fourth solid planet. |