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| Force-Screen | ||
| A variation on the force shield idea. |
| The blast tubes in his hands were trained on me, but I knew I'd be safe enough and that Helen Torrey and Miles would remain unscathed. The refracting belts had built up an invisible force-screen about them. |
| Technovelgy from The Dweller in Outer Darkness,
by Frank Belknap Long, Jr.. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1939 Additional resources -
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Another variant on the idea of the shield, from Doc Smith's 1930 Skylark Three.
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