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Invisibility in fiction is a common plot device in stories, plays, films, animated works, video games, and other media, found in both the fantasy and science fiction genres. In fantasy, invisibility is often invoked and dismissed at will by a person, with a magic spell or potion, or a cloak, ring or other object.
Must be a defining trait – Characters with access to vast powers (such as magical spells, advanced technology and genetic engineering) who are theoretically capable of this superhuman feature or ability – but who have neither made regular use nor provided a notable example of this extraordinary or supernatural feat – are not listed here.
Fiction about invisibility, the state of an object that cannot be seen. The phenomenon is studied by physics and perceptual psychology. Subcategories.
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Griffin tells the story of how he invented chemicals capable of rendering bodies invisible, which he first tried on a cat, then himself, how he burned down the boarding house he was staying in to cover his tracks, found himself ill-equipped to survive in the open, stole clothes from a theatrical supply shop on Drury Lane, and then headed to ...
For example, the book portrays the medieval people as being very gullible, as when Merlin makes a "veil of invisibility" that, according to him, will make the wearer imperceptible to his enemies, though friends can still see him. The knight Sir Sagramor wears it to fight Hank, who pretends that he cannot see Sagramor for effect to the audience.
Examples include George R. R. Martin's 1974 short story "A Song for Lya", F. Paul Wilson's 1976 novel Healer, and Anne McCaffrey's 1982 novel Crystal Singer. [7] Drugs that extend life indefinitely by stopping the process of ageing are depicted in James Blish 's 1956 novel They Shall Have Stars , Frank Herbert 's 1965 novel Dune , and Poul ...
Later examples of invisibility in 19th-century fiction include "The Plattner Story" (1896) and The Invisible Man (1897) by H. G. Wells, and in 20th-century fiction "War with the Gizmos" (1958) by Murray Leinster.