galactographer
nounEtymology From galactography (“science of charting and mapping galaxies”) + -er. Coined by American science fiction author Edmond Hamilton in his 1965 novelette The Shores of Infinity.
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A specialist in galactography.
- Early galactographers had defined it as that part of the galaxy which lay between the eastern and southern kingdoms, and the edge of the island-universe.1965 April, Edmond Hamilton, “The Shores of Infinity”, in Amazing Stories, volume 39, number 4, page 24:
- It seems like these 'cats might be left over from wetter days. I found a brief study of Rhyl done by a couple galactographers, and they reported this was once a cooler planet.1978, Robert Edward Vardeman, The Sandcats of Rhyl, →ISBN:
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- Some galactographers have estimated that there may be up to ten thousand inhabited planets that aren't listed at all.1982, Isaac Asimov, Foundation's Edge, →ISBN, page 99:
- Related terms
- galactographic