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"If I can make you see the world the way I see it, then you will automatically think the way I think."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Permalloy | ||
| Protects ships from the hazards of space. |
| In the very center of the pit stood
a huge, bullet-shaped object. More
than 200 tons of Welded duralumin and
permalloy comprised its gigantic shell...
"...If they make a direct hit, not even permalloy will save us." "Even permalloy has a melting point. If we threw braking jets from our forward rockets, traveling at this speed, our nose would melt like hot butter beneath that terrific backwash. |
| Technovelgy from Fugitives From Earth,
by Nelson S. Bond. Published by Amazing Stories in 1939 Additional resources -
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It's not impervious to damage:
Compare to durite from Misfit (1939) by Robert Heinlein, gundarium from Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) by Yoshiyuki Tomino, steelonium from Hugo Gernsback's 1911 classic Ralph 124c 41 +, plasteel from Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune and helio-beryllium from Robert H. Wilson's 1931 story Out Around Rigel.
It had landed— but
how it had landed! Not upright on its
base, as its constructors had planned.
On its side. A gaping rent marred the
silvery sheen of the sturdy' permalloy.
It must have been a horrible crash that
caused that damage.
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