TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fanning,William J.
TI  - Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939: a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film 
AV  - P96.D57 .F366 2015eb
U1  - 809/.93356 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Jefferson, North Carolina
PB  - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
KW  - Directed-energy weapons
KW  - In mass media
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - On the cover: The Invisible Ray 1936 (Photofest); Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1. The historical death ray -- An idea is born: harnessing directed energy -- As a weapon, 1876-1918 -- The catalyst years, 1919-1924 -- The death-ray craze, 1924-1939 -- Death rays and their connection to the Second World War -- Part II. The death ray in fiction and popular culture -- Early death-ray novels and short stories -- Death-ray novels and short stories of the interwar years -- Death rays in other media: movies, theater, pulps, radio and humor -- Conclusion
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11085890
ER  -