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"As the rate of technological development speeds up, the gap between science fiction and what we’re living now is getting narrower all the time."
- Richard Morgan
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| Negative Gravity Field | ||
| Antigravity effect produced for space ship propulsion. |
| For twenty or thirty miles into the back-bone of the Andean mountains massive reinforced steel tubes were driven to withstand the terrific constant strain of the tubes as they sent forth a vast field of gravitation, retarding the motion of the planet. The huge gravity screens of the tubes fed on large vats of silicon dust which broke down atomically, releasing a powerful negative field of gravity. |
| Technovelgy from 50th Century Revolt,
by A.G. Stangland. Published by Wonder Stories in 1932 Additional resources -
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