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| Heat-Removing Staff | ||
| Device absorbs all heat from its target. |
| ...He touched it with his staff, and the staff turned cherry-red with heat. The robot-body, its heat suddenly drained, fell to the ground in a heap of icy crystals. |
| Technovelgy from The Dead Lady of Clown Town,
by Cordwainer Smith. Published by Galaxy Publishing in 1965 Additional resources -
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I thought this is a pretty cool idea; see also the superconductor of heat from The Mote in God's Eye by Niven and Pournelle.
Thanks to the anonymous reader who submitted this idea with the contact form.
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