Death Rays and the Popular Media, 1876-1939 : a Study of Directed Energy Weapons in Fact, Fiction and Film
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- Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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Table of Contents Preface delete1 Introduction delete7 Part I:The Historical Death 1.An Idea Is Born: Harnessing Directed Energy as a Weapon, 1876-1918 delete21 2.The Catalyst Years, 1919-1924 delete49 3.The Death-Ray Craze, 1925-1939 delete76 4.Death Rays and Their Connection to the Second World War delete106 Part II:The Death Ray in Fiction and Popular Culture 5.Early Death-Ray Novels and Short Stories delete123 6.Death-Ray Novels and Short Stories of the Interwar Years delete149 7.Death Rays in Other Media: Movies, Theater, Pulps, Radio and Humor delete184 Conclusion delete217 Chapter Notes delete221 Bibliography delete255 Index delete265
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