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One of the great joys of science fiction, whether you re a reader or a writer, is the constantly growing lexicon that always emerges anytime a new writer tries to weave their own science fictional universe. Whether creating new words whole cloth or repurposing old ones to give them new meaning, it s always fascinating to see the ways in which sci-fi works describe new technologies, new worlds, and new ways of looking at the universe. Now, one lexicographer is out to catalog them all, and the results of tracking the origins of these words might surprise you.  Last week, former Oxford English Dictionary editor at large and lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower launched The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, an expertly crafted and organized compendium of nearly 2,000 terms (and growing) from throughout sci-fi prose and fandom that attempts to probe the origins of and provide accurae definitions for sci-fi words and phrases ranging from aerocar to phaser to vibroblade and more.�

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