ionics

He appeared in Green Bay, smelling so abominably of singed hair and scorched skin that he entered the local Presteign shop (jewels, perfumes, cosmetics, ionics & surrogates) to buy a deodorant.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

He appeared in Green Bay, smelling so abominably of singed hair and scorched skin that he entered the local Presteign shop (jewels, perfumes, cosmetics, ionics & surrogates) to buy a deodorant.

The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

They tested the power on the shaky ionics, and got

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

Out here, free of the grip of any large sphere, there was hardly a limit to the load which their ionics could eventually accelerate sufficiently to travel tremendous distances.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

But small boxes of parts and raw stock for the ionics had begun to arrive, too.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

During the next several Earth-days of time, they accelerated with all the power that their bubb ionics could wring out of the sunshine, weakened now, with distance.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

Lester's blastoff drums were still in the freight compartment, but the ionics and air-restorers had been similarly rendered unworkable.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

The Planet Strappers stood in the rigging of their fragile vehicles, setting the full-sized ionics to produce increased acceleration which would gradually push the craft beyond orbit.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

Gimp Hines and David Lester were waiting inside the stellene reception dome when Nelsen and Ramos landed lightly at the port on their own feet, with no more braking assistance than their own shoulder-ionics.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952

Slowly, pushed by their shoulder ionics, Gimp, Ramos and Frank Nelsen drifted over to see what they could do for Lester.

The Planet Strappers Raymond Z. Gallun 1952