Latest By
Category:
Armor
Artificial
Intelligence
Biology
Clothing
Communication
Computers
Culture
Data Storage
Displays
Engineering
Entertainment
Food
Input Devices
Lifestyle
Living Space
Manufacturing
Material
Media
Medical
Miscellaneous
Robotics
Security
Space Tech
Spacecraft
Surveillance
Transportation
Travel
Vehicle
Virtual
Person
Warfare
Weapon
Work
"This is a predictive tool I've used: There are goals we've sought for ten thousand years, and we'll go on seeking them. Instant transport and travel, immortality (or at least longevity and miracle cures.), instant learning …"
- Larry Niven
 |
| Annihilator Beam | ||
| A deadly ray that literally dissolved matter! |
| They were within their flyers, held by our combined wills, unable to act for themselves. It was then as easy for us to switch our zones of force upon them, subjugate them more securely and with the annihilator beams to disintegrate completely every ship and man into nothingness! |
| From The Conquest of Gola,
by L.F. Stone. Published by Wonder Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
|
Great name; the concept was used in Edmund Hamilton's 1928 novel Crashing Sun (see de-atomizer) and the disintegrator from Garrett P. Serviss' 1898 novel Edison's Conquest of Mars.
Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This |
Additional
resources:
More Ideas
and Technology from The Conquest of Gola
More Ideas
and Technology by L.F. Stone
Tech news articles related to The Conquest of Gola
Tech news articles related to works by L.F. Stone
| Railguns For Surface Ships |
| DIY Armed UAV (Toy) |
| Taser Drones Now Legal In North Dakota |
| HEL MD Laser Weapons Will Sound Like Star Wars, Star Trek |
Want to Contribute an
Item?
It's easy:
Get the name of the item, a
quote, the book's name and the author's name, and Add
it here.
| <Previous | Next> |
|
|
|
Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) is devoted to the creative science inventions and ideas of sf authors. Look for the Invention Category that interests you, the Glossary, the Invention Timeline, or see what's New.
|
'They should be Welton Fine-Grains, or they would be too bulky to ship...'
'He imagined thousands on thousands of faces peering into yards, into alleys...'
Rather than nudge them up, nudge them down.
'Wendis stared thoughtfully at the brilliant lines on the spectroscope screen.'
