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"Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Slow Gun | ||
| Device shoots slow projectiles that use neurotoxin. |
| They killed Citizen Von Bek, but not before the Citizen marked them with his slow gun - for the Citizens of the Curator's Office were allowed to use forbidden weapons in the course of their duties. (Bullets from a slow gun flew on hummingbird wings, seeking wherever they might flee. Bullets from a slow gun killed by stinging with their neurotoxin barbettes, like wasps with secret police insignia. They were a terror weapon, to demonstrate the horrors of unrestricted technology. |
| From Singularity Sky,
by Charles Stross. Published by Ace Science Fiction in 2003 Additional resources -
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Fans of Frank Herbert of course remember the slow pellet stunner from Dune.
Thanks to Trey Palmer for this item.
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