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"SF looks towards an imaginary future, while fantasy, by and large, looks towards an imaginary past."
- Frederik Pohl
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| Rocket Pistol | ||
| Using pistol rounds to maneuver in space. |
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Let's try it, shall we, Wilma?
 (Buck Rogers: Loading the 'Rocket' Pistol)
 (Buck Rogers: The 'Rocket' Pistol Works!)
 (Buck Rogers: Fine Tuning The Rocket' Pistol) |
| Technovelgy from Buck Rogers, 2430 AD,
by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins). Published by Not Known in 1929 Additional resources -
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Compare to the metal solvent ray thrower from Lost Rocket (1941) by Manly Wade Wellman, the reaction pistol from Diamond Planetoid (1937) by Gordon A. Giles and the propulsion gun from Venus Mines, Incorporated (1931) by Nat Schachner (w. AL Zagat).
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