Full record for space alien n.

Definition	=alien
OED requirements	antedating 1954
Earliest cite	J. J. Ferrat 'Reel Life Films'
Comment	Rick Hauptmann submitted a 1984 cite from Jack Williamson's "Lifeburst". Imran Ghory submitted a cite from a 1996 reprint of Ursula Le Guin's 1992 "The First Contact with the Gorgonids". Douglas Winston submitted a 2001 cite from Mercedes Lackey & Rosemary Edghill's "Spirits White As Lightning". Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1995 reprint of Patrick F.McManus's 1994 "How I Got This Way". Douglas Winston submitted a 2002 cite from Janet Evanovich's "Visions of Sugar Plums". Douglas Winston submitted a 1996 cite from Jane Heller's "Infernal Affairs". Michael Dolbear submitted a cite from a 2000 reprint of Douglas Adams' 1992 "Mostly Harmless". Rick Hauptmann submitted a cite from Jack Williamson's article "Youth Against Space" in the Spring 1977 issue of Algol. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from an editorial blurb for the story "Reel Life Films" by Jacques Jean Ferrat, in Fantastic Universe, May 1954.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for space alien n.

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1954 Fantastic Universe May 134	Cinema-makers are now trying to avoid further boycotts by using space aliens for villains. But suppose some of our Extraterrestrial neighbors are also a bit touchy?
1977 J. Williamson Youth Against Space in Algol Spring 105/2	The space aliens are already becoming a vital feature of the series.