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Celebrating the Sci-fi Ray Gun

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blaster-by-yer-side dept.

brumgrunt submitted the latest Den of Geek compilation story: this week it's the the science fiction ray guns. From Han Solo's blaster to the Forbidden Planet, there's a lot of nostalgia to get your pew pew out.

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  1. BSG chose bullets over lasers by rishistar · · Score: 4, Informative

    Can't find the original article but I recall reading the BSG creators did feasibility studies on bullets or rayguns for the series and came up with laser powered handguns just not being as effective as bullets.

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  2. Re:DL-44 Mauser? by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yep, it's based on the Mauser C-96. http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg/de/mauser-c-96-e.html

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  3. The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by Daetrin · · Score: 4, Informative

    If we're going to be talking about the celebration of ray guns, someone should really mention James Alan Gardner's Hugo and Nebula nominated short story, "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" which can be read online here. Since TFA didn't do it, i guess that someone has to be me.

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