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As an aside, this feels very familiar as a sci-fi weapon, does that ring a bell for anyone? I was thinking William Gibson first but I can't place it there.
by andy99 1y ago
As an aside, this feels very familiar as a sci-fi weapon, does that ring a bell for anyone? I was thinking William Gibson first but I can't place it there.
- ianseyer 1y agoRaven in Snowcrash? Not quite ultrasonic iirc but extremely thin, like the wire developed in three body problem
- fancyswimtime 1y agodune?
- petralithic 1y agoDune's vibrating shield and corresponding weapons.
- YossarianFrPrez 1y agoIt's seemingly quasi-semi-related to The Foundation's 'atomic knives'?
- Hilift 1y agoThis could be the exemplar prototype for Dune knives that can penetrate a Holtzman Shield. Also recall in Dune there is an aversion to technology, so the simplicity and required human operation is a perfect fit.
- arp242 1y ago> in Dune there is an aversion to technology Just computers, no? IIRC they use knives because the shields stop fast-moving objects like bullets, so you need a slow-moving object like a knife.
- empiricus 1y agoevanghelion