| Definition | of or from another dimension |
| OED requirements | antedating 1934 |
| Earliest cite | C. L. Moore, 'Scarlet Dream' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a 1948 cite from a letter from Marion Zimmer in Startling Stories. Fred Galvin submitted a 1951 cite from Bruce Elliott's "The Devil Was Sick". Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1953 reprint of Catherine.L. Moore's "Scarlet Dream"; Alistair Durie verified it from the 1934 first appearance. Earliest cite in the OED (though not strictly SFnal) is from 1940 |
| Last modified | 3 August, 2009 |
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| 1934 C. L. Moore Scarlet Dream in Weird Tales May 579/2 | When he lifted his eyes to the wall, he knew where he was. Blazoned on the dim stone, burning through the twilight like some other-dimensional fire, the scarlet pattern writhed across the wall. |
| 2001 Sci. Fiction Chron. July 32/1 | Eilan is raised on the Goddess-centered, other-dimensional (for lack of a better explanation) island of Avalon, beginning in the year AD 249. |