Planetary Series - Things

Things

• anerosis — madness resulting from insufficiency of breathable air (Redemption Cairn)
• Apogee race — rocket race around the Moon, won by Claire Avery in 2111 (Redemption Cairn)
• blancha — Also known as white fever, a hallucinatory fever endemic to Io's low latitudes. So called from the characteristic pallor of its victims. (The Mad Moon)
• blaster — Miniature atomic bomb, used in demolition, construction, and warfare (Redemption Cairn)
• Council of Berne — International conference in 2059 that determined that only the area of a planet actually explored on the ground could be claimed by the explorer's country. (The Planet of Doubt)
• cree — A medicinal moss found on Ganymede. (Tidal Moon)
• Cree, Inc. — A company cultivating the plant cree on Ganymede. (Tidal Moon)
• Curry Cup — prize for the Apogee race
• Cryptogamus Urani — Greenish-gray rope-like plant found on Uranus. (The Planet of Doubt)
• ferva — A plant found on Io, from which ferverin is extracted (The Mad Moon)
• ferverin — An alkaloid extracted from ferva, used against the blancha fever (The Mad Moon)
• flame-orchid — Gem found on Titan, possibly produced by a Titanian life form; made of a thermosensitive chromium boride which changes color in accordance with small temperature variations. (Flight on Titan)
• flame-pistol — A weapon, charged by a diamond, that releases its energy in a single incinerating blast of flame. (Parasite Planet, The Planet of Doubt, The Mad Moon)
• hexylamine — An addictive drug, possibly similar to amphetamine, used by some rocket pilots. (Redemption Cairn)
• Hocken Rocket — A form of rocket developed in the early 20th century that made interplanetary travel practical. (Flight on Titan)
• International Congress — Held in Lisle in 2020. Apportioned rights to the dark side of Venus among various national claimants. (The Lotus Eaters)
• Interplanetary — A large corporation with a near-monopoly on interplanetary travel. Faced investigations into shady stock dealings in 2111. (The Red Peri, Redemption Cairn)
• Ionian products — A skin-trading company on Io, said to have discovered a form of red cree there. (Tidal Moon)
• Joint Expedition of the Royal Society and the Smithsonian Institute for the Investigation of Conditions on the Dark Side of Venus — Exploratory expedition to the dark side of Venus conducted by Hamilton and Pat Hammond. (The Lotus Eaters)
• League — Interplanetary association with police powers, whose rockets are called upon in case of pirate attack. (The Red Peri)
• liver-leaf — Edible Europan plant-like growth, about the size of a hand. (Redemption Cairn)
• Neilan Drug — A pharmaceutical concern belonging to Gustavus Neilan, exploiting the Ionian ferva leaf. (The Mad Moon)
• nutsy — Edible Europan creature found in salt pools, neither plant nor animal, resembling a walnut. (Redemption Cairn)
• Planetary Trading Corporation — Also known as P.T.C. A corporation formed to trade in gold between Earth and a recently discovered civilization on Venus; after a bubble of speculation, its stock prices collapsed when it transpired that the Venusians lacked gold. (Flight on Titan)
• Smithsonian Expedition for the Determination of the Intensity of Cosmic Radiation in Extra-planetary Space — Scientific expedition into trans-Neptunian space by Solomon Nestor and Frank Keene. (The Red Peri)
• song-bush — Plant growing on Europa, whose leaves emit a melodic sound (Redemption Cairn)
• riblancha — Second spell of blancha fever, following a prolonged first attack. (The Mad Moon)
• transkin — Rubbery suit used by Venusian travellers in the Hotlands, to protect them from the ubiquitous, fast-growing, lethal molds. (The Parasite Planet)
• xixtchil — A Venusian plant, from whose pods a chemical compound with rejuvenative properties is extracted. (The Parasite Planet)