The seventies? Actually, Hermann Oberth originated the idea in 1923.

No, not all. Some of them write about "inflection points."

Apparently bamboo has some health benefits when eaten.

Some of the books can be downloaded from here.

https://www.onelook.com/ is what I use; it's a search engine for online dictionaries.

Newbie! I've been using it since it was called Phoenix!

This was from WWII; however, there are still some unexploded bombs left over from WWI, and they are still dangerous.

that there is no blue food.

FWIW, I was here in the 90s but I didn't make an account for many years.

Gold is a common metal?

I assume this is supposed to be "from 7th century BC to 8th century AD."

Although it turns out the reference was not to actual bananas, just saying.

So they'd be perfect for Slashdot?

So it's like HAL 9000? According to Dr. Chandra (in 2010: Odyssey Two), HAL didn't disobey orders; he tried to follow two conflicting orders.

So, this will be like the famous "prophesied" issue of Astounding Science Fiction?