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"I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development."
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A great defensive weapon. It felt very cold if you encountered it with some part of your body, since the very motion of the molecules would be slowed.
Since the energy field tended to form in a circle around the generator, cities that protected themselves with Langston Fields were circular.
The Langston field is based on energy fields in E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensman series from the 1940's. It might be most directly related to the Lanson Screen from the 1936 story of the same name by Leo Zagat.
Compare to the shield from Skylark Three (1930) by EE 'Doc' Smith, the personal force shield from Foundation (1951) by Isaac Asimov and the deflector shield from Star Wars (1976) by George Lucas. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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