slideway n.
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1942
Robert A. Heinlein
Hamilton Felix let himself off at the thirteenth level of the Department of Finance, mounted a slideway to the left, and stepped off the strip.
in Astounding Science Fiction Apr. 9/1
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1948
Robert A. Heinlein
It was, in effect, a wide, brightly lighted street, with a high ceiling and with slideways down the middle. Shops and restaurants lined it. The slideways curved up and away in the distance, for the corridor curved completely around the Station.
Space Cadet 101
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1951
Fritz Leiber
As the slideway whisked him gently along the corridor toward his apartment, Jorj was thinking of his spaceship.
in Galaxy Science Fiction July 146/1
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1965
Harry Harrison
Bill stepped from the slideway at the nearest elevator while the old man and his voice vanished into the vapour, and…began flipping furiously through his Floor Plan.
Bill Galactic Hero (1977) 86
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1968
Poul Anderson
bibliography
The slideways were too slow for her. She bounded along them.
Satan's World in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact May 30/2
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1977
Jack Vance
From the space port Hetzel rode a slideway to the Traveler’s Hotel.
Freitzke's Turn in R. Silverberg Triax 169
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1977
John Varley
Most ship pilots are like slideway operators nowadays.
Ophiuchi Hotline (1994) 63
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1981
Bob Shaw
The Ultiman’s own intricate system of slideways is open to all humans free of charge.
Galactic Tours 91/2
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1982
Isaac Asimov
Now it’s a colossal mausoleum, but is there a force-field ramp in the place? A slideway? A gravitic lift?—No, just these steps.
Foundation's Edge 3
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1982
Allan Cole
Chris Bunch
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Mahoney arced off the slideway, over the barrier and into the machine shop’s entrance.
Sten (1990) 90
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1984
David Drake
There was a slideway leading from the office to the bright splotch which was the open, seaward end of the building.
Cross Stars 235
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1990
S. M. Stirling
Jerry Pournelle
The men at either elbow guided him to the slower edge-strip of the slideway and onto the sidewalk.
Asteroid Queen in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars III (1992) . 82
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1991
Anne McCaffrey
Elizabeth Moon
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Little vehicular traffic: in fact, little sign of anyone else on the streets. Lunzie presumed that most people used the underground walkways and slideways she and Zebara had used their two previous meetings.
Generation Warriors 145
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1991
Anne McCaffrey
Elizabeth Moon
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Lunzie presumed that most people used the underground walkways and slideways she and Zebara had used their previous two meetings.
Generation Warriors (1992) 145
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1991
Anne McCaffrey
Elizabeth Moon
bibliography
His shoulders twitched, but he moved across the slideway traffic that way.
Generation Warriors (1992) 205
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1991
John Varley
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Every small temperature regulator, every security camera, every air fan and water regulator and slideway and tube car…every machine in Luna is in a sense a part of my body.
Steel Beach (1993) 120
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2014
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Larry Niven
Gregory Benford
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For many hours they had crawled through some conduits and once had to wade through a sewer to get onto a fast-moving slideway.
Shipstar xxvii. 214
Research requirements
antedating 1942
Earliest cite
R. Heinlein 'Beyond This Horizon'
Research History
Mike Christie has submitted a cite from a 1973 reprint of Heinlein's "Space Cadet", which was verified by Rick Hauptmann in the 1948 first edition. Mike Christie has submitted a 1942 cite from Heinlein's "Beyond This Horizon".Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Fritz Leiber's "Poor Superman"; Mike Christie verified it in the original 1951 magazine appearance.
Katrina Campbell submitted a 1981 cite from Bob Shaw's "Galactic Tours: Thomas Cook Out of This World Vacations".
Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a 1992 reprint of Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon's "Generation Warriors"; Douglas Winston verified the cite in the 1991 first edition.
Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1977 reprint of Harry Harrison's "Bill, The Galactic Hero".
Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1981 reprint of Jack Vance's 1977 "Freitzke's Turn".
Douglas Winston submitted a 1984 cite from David Drake's "Cross the Stars".
Douglas Winston submitted a cite from a 1990 reprint of Allan Cole and Chris Bunch's 1982 "Sten".
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2014 cite from Gregory Benford and Larry Niven's "Shipstar".
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