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"I realized there was a heavy-duty change coming in biology, and I could write a really compelling novel about catastrophic evolution, punctuated equilibrium."
- Greg Bear
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| Atomic Pistol | ||
| Reduces the target to atomic dust. |
| Tom, jerking his atomic pistol from its holster... Leveling the pistol at the mob of Selenites rushing at him and pressed the trigger. There was a sharp, spiteful spat. The leading Moon Man disappeared in a puff of white dust, his upraised shovel clattering to the ground.
Rapidly the pistol spat and the charge broke. Even the ape-brained Selenites, who seldom knew fear, could not stand in front of that pistol which caused one of their number to evaporate into thin air every time it spoke. |
| Technovelgy from Mutiny on Mercury,
by Clifford Simak. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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