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  2. Weapons in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Examples of such weapons include Jules Verne's "fulgurator" and the "glass arrow" of the Comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. [1] A classic science-fiction weapon, particularly in British and American science-fiction novels and films, is the raygun. A very early example of a raygun is the Heat-Ray featured in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898).

  3. Category:Science fiction weapons - Wikipedia

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    This category contains individual weapons that are specifically used in works of science fiction. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

  4. Category:Fictional weapons - Wikipedia

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    Use Category:Mythological weapons for weapons derived solely from myths or legends. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

  5. List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction

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    Laser, chemical weapon: Heat-ray (for laser), black and poisonous vapour by means of rockets (for chemical weapon) When the Sleeper Wakes: H. G. Wells: 1899 Military aviation, [26] automatic door [27] Aeroplanes (for military aircraft) "The Imp of the Telephone" John Kendrick Bangs: 1902 Videocassette recorder [28] "The Land Ironclads" H. G ...

  6. Raygun - Wikipedia

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    Raygun in E. E. Smith's Lensman novels. Heat-Ray, weapons used by the Martians in the novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells; The Garin Death Ray, title weapon in The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1927): "hyperboloid", a highly concentrated collimated light beam weapon

  7. Category:Fictional energy weapons - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fictional energy weapons" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. BFG (weapon)

  8. Spy-fi (subgenre) - Wikipedia

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    Spy-fi is a subgenre of spy fiction that includes elements of science fiction, ... world destruction, futuristic weapons, and gadgets. Settings vary from outright ...

  9. Science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It can explore science and technology in different ways, such ...