tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post3574740616139658139..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: SciFi Saturday – Asimov on BlastersDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-20383661512576657562013-07-29T17:40:34.950-04:002013-07-29T17:40:34.950-04:00Admittedly I was most interested in the specific w...Admittedly I was most interested in the specific word "blaster" itself, but the Wikipedia article on "rayguns" puts them all in the same family, which is pretty reasonable. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raygun" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raygun</a>Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-87119638436267029122013-07-29T17:36:45.161-04:002013-07-29T17:36:45.161-04:00Which was freaking awesome. Which was freaking awesome. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-62668076497786991622013-07-29T17:36:31.439-04:002013-07-29T17:36:31.439-04:00Nice example; even more explicit linkage with all ...Nice example; even more explicit linkage with all things nuclear, thanks for that!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-54266655688932642602013-07-29T15:55:44.048-04:002013-07-29T15:55:44.048-04:00Also, I think the blaster is said to be nearly sil...Also, I think the blaster is said to be nearly silent; the "explosion" of the projectile is accompanied by a sound like the flicking of a fingernail, if I remember rightly.<br /><br />Leland J. Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257381741308085613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-69272418148911165492013-07-29T13:28:21.580-04:002013-07-29T13:28:21.580-04:00In Asimov's Lucky Starr books (IIRC the first ...In Asimov's Lucky Starr books (IIRC the first one, "David Starr, Space Ranger") there is a bit of discussion about how the blaster actually works: it fires a tiny projectile which, on impact, detonates what is presumably a tiny nuclear explosion (or maybe it's converting a tiny amount of matter to energy). A different universe from the Foundation books, but on the other hand, it IS the same author.Leland J. Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257381741308085613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-19097602325447539492013-07-29T10:26:17.685-04:002013-07-29T10:26:17.685-04:00I don't know about early examples, but as a co...I don't know about early examples, but as a counter to the "diminution" trend, the alien weapons in District 9 blew people into bloody spatters.Alex J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00147269991231314528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-87294060510218138062013-07-29T04:57:08.018-04:002013-07-29T04:57:08.018-04:00I suppose that the Death Ray of the martians in &q...I suppose that the Death Ray of the martians in "War of the Worlds" plays in another category? porphyre77https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620350717226228078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-72759156824453951672013-07-28T21:47:40.256-04:002013-07-28T21:47:40.256-04:00Also really excellent. I managed to escape after o...Also really excellent. I managed to escape after only about 50 minutes in the time-warp. :-)Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-3941973941418393822013-07-28T15:31:51.681-04:002013-07-28T15:31:51.681-04:00Yes, that is also the result I got.
Here's a...Yes, that is also the result I got. <br /><br />Here's another good one, which you may or may not have been aware of:<br /><br />http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/index.php<br /><br />This one's more focused on space opera vs. space realities, but it's just as much of a time sink if you're not careful. <br /><br />Enjoy!BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-36903277335100303252013-07-27T23:05:57.945-04:002013-07-27T23:05:57.945-04:00Interesting: "Blastor" for a "power...Interesting: "Blastor" for a "powerful little disintegrator" in Nictzin Dyalhis' story When The Geen Star Waned, Wierd Tales (1925).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=380" rel="nofollow">http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=380</a><br /><br />Great site, thank you!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-58322490805774241862013-07-27T16:05:36.881-04:002013-07-27T16:05:36.881-04:00I think you might find this site very useful in yo...I think you might find this site very useful in your inquiries, if you weren't aware of it previously: http://www.technovelgy.com/<br /><br />Warning: Internet time vortex. Surf with caution!BigFellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052419088140204154noreply@blogger.com