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Old 05-16-2018, 07:57 PM   #18
Fred Brackin
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Default Re: Monomolecular blades

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Originally Posted by evileeyore View Post
And Dune (1965) and Stand on Zanzibar (1968) predate Niven's use by almost another decade*...




* Were 'Sinclair molecules' in Ringworld (1970) or Ringworld Engineers (1979)?
I first remember them from a Bbeowulf Schaeffer short story. Stasis swords go all the way back into the 60s.
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