Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film /

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Huvudupphov: Fanning, William J. (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • Part 1. The historical death ray
  • An idea is born: harnessing directed energy
  • As a weapon, 1876-1918
  • The catalyst years, 1919-1924
  • The death-ray craze, 1924-1939
  • Death rays and their connection to the Second World War
  • Part II. The death ray in fiction and popular culture
  • Early death-ray novels and short stories
  • Death-ray novels and short stories of the interwar years
  • Death rays in other media: movies, theater, pulps, radio and humor
  • Conclusion.