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"The point sticks in your head: physics rules. Virtue does not triumph unless the physics allows it."
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This novel takes place many thousands of years after the events in Dune.
A former Bashar named Teg is forced into hiding with a young ghola he is training.
This blanket makes use of shield technology that is similar to the personal shields worn during combat and also used by large ships. The drawback of shield technology is that, when a lasgun is used to fire upon a shielded object, both hunter and hunted are caught in an explosion.
Compare to the
radiant shield from The Houses of Iszm (1954) by Jack Vance, the
life detector shield from Cease Fire (1958) by Frank Herbert, the
protective shield from Triplanetary (1934) by 'Doc' Smith and the
personal force-shield from Foundation (1951) by Isaac Asimov and the geofractor shield from One Against the Legion (1939) by Jack Williamson. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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