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"This category [science fiction] excludes rocket ships that make U-turns, serpent men of Neptune that lust after human maidens, and stories by authors who flunked their Boy Scout merit badge tests in descriptive astronomy."
- Robert Heinlein
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| Magnet Grapnel | ||
| Used to pull another vessel closer when boarding in space. |
If you don't have a tractor beam, this is a doable alternative.
| The big battle sphere was drawing close alongside. Magnet grapnels shot across the narrow space between the two craft and gripped the side of the freighter, followed by the cable bridge along which the boarding party presently came wavering their way to the air-lock of the freighter. |
| Technovelgy from The Space Rover,
by Edwin K. Sloat. Published by Astounding Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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Compare to the MagnaPoon from Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash.
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