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![]() Joe and Al, intrepid explorers of an unknown universe, are threatened by strange jelly beings. How will they escape?
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"All," was the prompt retort. "If I knew exactly the nature of the Emperor, I could specify. But as I don't, we'll use every available method, and trust to luck that one is the right one. We have our ray projectors, our atomic disruptors, our rocket bursts. One of these may be successful. Who knows?"
“"Now," Al shouted, and the great disruptor tube roared its electronic discharge. A section of the shell buckled and melted at the impact, but the quartz was too tremendously thick. It was not more than one quarter penetrated.”
“Al pumped the trigger of the disruptor tube in continuous bursts. All over the face of the great transparent sphere, the quartz shattered and pitted...
Compare to the disrupter ray (molecule disrupter) from The Silent Destroyer (1929) by Will Garth, the
de-atomizing ray from Crashing Suns (1928) by Edmond Hamilton, the
Bethé blasters from Cities in Flight (1957) by James Blish, the
annihilator beam from Conquest of Gola (1931) by L.F. Stone, the
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