Vegan n. 1
a native or inhabitant of the solar system of the star Vega
Demonyms
-
1930
page image
Edmond Hamilton
bibliography
But most terrible of all in that grim combat was Mirk En. The great octopus-like Vegan had gripped the square’s edge firmly with two of his mighty tentacles, and now with the other seven of those tentacle-arms was gripping cube-creature after cube-creature in the scores that whirled about him, was slamming them down upon the square’s surface with terrific force, his mighty arms cutting paths of death through the throngs that swirled about him.
Sun People in Weird Tales May iv. 621/2 -
1932
page image
Hal K. Wells
bibliography
Of the seven planets within reach of my net I found only two that promised to be at all suitable. One was your Earth, the other a minor planet circling the star you call Vega. I brought both you and a net-load of Vegans here to this oxygen-filled enclosure I had already prepared. The Vegans were the headless things with the jelly nuclei. I watched your battle with them, and waited to choose as my vehicle the planetary type that proved the stronger. You vanquished the Vegans, so it is in the body of an Earthling that I shall leave Xollar, and it is to the planet Earth that I shall be hurtled through the inter[-]dimensional gate.
Zehru of Xollar in Astounding Stories Feb. 274/2 -
1943
page image
Hal Clement
bibliography
The Vegan relaxed for a moment as its eyes readjusted themselves; then its antennae snapped erect and began to sway slowly in the simple patterns of the sign language of its race.
Attitude in Astounding Science Fiction Sept. 16/1
-
1943
page image
Hal Clement
bibliography
The Vegans, whose quarters were directly opposite, watched from their doorways. They also commented from time to time, but were very seldom answered, since both hands are required to speak Vegan.
Attitude in Astounding Science-Fiction Sept. 27/1
-
1951
page image
Poul Anderson
bibliography
A cosmopolitan throng filled the walkways… There were other races, blue-skinned Vegans, furry Proximans, completely non-humanoid Sirians and Antarians.
Inside Earth in Galaxy Science Fiction Apr. 19/1 -
1980
Ian Watson
bibliography
How much more would we regret the passing of Canopians, Vegans, Aldebarians or whomever, with all the insights they had gained?
Gardens of Delight xxiv. 159 -
2002
page image
Ian Watson
bibliography
Not that there haven’t been two or three cargo shuttles from starships visiting our spaceport. The last of these, arriving a week ago, brought me a surprise package. The woman who delivered it, a Vegan—in the stellar rather than the dietary sense—did not know anything about me other than that I was obviously from offworld, and she was amazed that I had settled here.
Speaker for Wooden Sea in Asimov’s Science Fiction Mar. 118
Research requirements
antedating 1930
Earliest cite
Edmond Hamilton, "Sun People", in Weird Tales
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1943 cite from Hal Clement's "Attitude".Fred Galvin submitted a 1932 cite from "Zehru of Zollar" by Hal K. Wells.
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 1930 cite from Edmond Hamilton.
Earliest cite in OED2: 1951. OED Online revised the entry in 2012 to include the 1943 Hal Clement example.
Last modified 2022-01-10 15:56:24
In the compilation of some
entries, HDSF has drawn extensively on corresponding entries
in OED.