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| − | An '''''anti-agathic''''' is something | + | An '''''anti-agathic''''' is something that prevents death, especially a drug that has this effect. [[James Blish]] coined the term in his ''Cities in Flight'' series, for the drugs that characters took to give them immortality for long spaceflights. |
| − | He first used ''anti-agapic'' and ''anti-athapic'' in the [[Short Story|short stories]] that became the [[fix-up]] ''Earthman, Come Home'' in 1955, where he settled on '' | + | He first used ''anti-agapic'' and ''anti-athapic'' in the [[Short Story|short stories]] that became the [[fix-up]] ''Earthman, Come Home'' in 1955, where he settled on ''anti-agathic''. Other writers picked it up later. |
*[https://oikofuge.com/anti-agathic/ “Anti-agathic”] by Dr. Grant Hutchinson, ''The Oikofuge'', July 26, 2017. | *[https://oikofuge.com/anti-agathic/ “Anti-agathic”] by Dr. Grant Hutchinson, ''The Oikofuge'', July 26, 2017. | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 19 December 2021
An anti-agathic is something that prevents death, especially a drug that has this effect. James Blish coined the term in his Cities in Flight series, for the drugs that characters took to give them immortality for long spaceflights.
He first used anti-agapic and anti-athapic in the short stories that became the fix-up Earthman, Come Home in 1955, where he settled on anti-agathic. Other writers picked it up later.
- “Anti-agathic” by Dr. Grant Hutchinson, The Oikofuge, July 26, 2017.
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