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Mother World  
  Planet of origin.  

This is an early use of this phrase; more research is needed.

I was weak and exhausted when like a huge, rotating ball, the mother world loomed before me. I slackened the speed of the ship to a minimum as I raced into the upper reaches of the atmosphere.


(The Mother World from 'The Asteroid of Death' by Neil R. Jones)

From The Asteroid of Death, by Neil R. Jones.
Published by Wonder Stories Quarterly in 1931
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