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  • The half barbaric Chinese brand the races which have produced men like Newton, and Milton, and Shakespeare, as "Terrestrials," while they are the "Celestials;" and these Saxon nations, in turn have declared the race that produced Philis Wheatley, Bannaker, McCune Smith, and Douglass, an inferior race.

    An Apology for African Methodism Benjamin Tucker 1867

  • Andrews 'statement in _Extra-Terrestrials Among US_ that English went into a psychiatric hospital as a result of visiting a B-52 that had been attacked by a UFO is not true.

    Bill English 2010

  • The base's biology and sociology sections had been particularly hard-hit, since those specialties tended to be dominated by Terrestrials.

    "New Management", part 2 Johnny Pez 2010

  • Thorba knew in an abstract way that the Terrestrials found their sun's light to be perfectly normal, but he could not escape the feeling that they must secretly find it as unsatisfying as he did.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • Thorba knew in an abstract way that the Terrestrials found their sun's light to be perfectly normal, but he could not escape the feeling that they must secretly find it as unsatisfying as he did.

    Shore Leave, part 1 Johnny Pez 2010

  • The base's biology and sociology sections had been particularly hard-hit, since those specialties tended to be dominated by Terrestrials.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Johnny Pez 2010

  • And in their midst was Carter, the man who was possessed of more ill-gotten wealth and vicious commercial influence than any man in the history of Earth -- bossing a gang of Terrestrials, riggers and mechanics, as if he were an ordinary foreman!

    "Once in a Blue Moon" by Harl Vincent, part 4 Johnny Pez 2009

  • And twenty or thirty Terrestrials in this midst, fraternizing with the ugly monstrosities!

    "Once in a Blue Moon" by Harl Vincent, part 3 Johnny Pez 2009

  • The weird globe changed not one whit in size or appearance, but halted its progress and hovered there in midair as if awaiting its fellows, which continued in their deliberate movement toward the remaining two Terrestrials.

    "Once in a Blue Moon" by Harl Vincent, part 3 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Scott Christian Sava has a number of good kids' titles: Pet Robots, Ed's Terrestrials, Cameron and His Dinosaurs, Hyperactive, My Grandparents are Secret Agents, Gary the Pirate, and Dreamland Chronicles this last title might be for when your sons get a little older - my 14-year-old started reading it when he was 11.

    "Hey, You Kids--Get Outta My Comic Book Shop!" - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009

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