Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film / William J. Fanning, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476621920 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death rays and the popular media, 1876-1939 : a study of directed energy weapons in fact, fiction and film.DDC classification:
  • 809/.93356 23
LOC classification:
  • P96.D57 .F366 2015eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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