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"Cyberspace is a metaphor that allows us to grasp this place where since about the time of the second world war we've increasingly done so many of the things that we think of as civilization."
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This is also known as the Kzinti Lesson, as described by Larry Niven:
This is often used as a canonical example because the human beings were trained to be nonviolent; they were incapable of using weapons to harm others. Except for one crew member...
The Warriors was published in 1966, so there are surely earlier examples in science fiction. For example, the Sardaukar used the attitudinal jets on a troop carrier as flame-throwers in Frank Herbert's Dune, published in 1964.
In The Dragon Masters, Jack Vance describes an advanced propulsion system built in secret by the sacerdotes; the protagonist forces them to use it as a weapon to defend themeseves.
The repellor rays from Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Frances Nowlan are sometimes cited, but the story distinguishes disintegration rays. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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