Seems that you are not aware - behind the bullshit this books contain some truth.
"Evil steam-monster", around 1803, told a horrifying tale about a big steel monster that spewed steam, ran over everyone and made everyone cough very heavily.
You still cough from this, don't you? And what about your health? Not affected?
"Lightning horror!", around 1877, very good thriller about artificially created light that made zombies of everyone so they couldn't stop working for the whole 24 hours.
Better go to a nature resort, with no electricity, etc. for not less than 3 months. Relax, be simple. Go back and feel the difference.
"Tube of death", around 1926, which was mostly about a tube that transmitted moving light-beams and brainwashed everyone with stories about fictious people through their everyday lifes.
"Tube of death" is not used for brain washing, rather it's brain stuffing. Next time look at the tube without loosing yourself into dreams, comments, judging, remember constantly it's tube which emits light. You might gain a glimpse of truth.
Use the force. Repeat until smashed into gray goo.
Universe is vast, but is it the only "thing" existing?
There is another possibility: intelligent species move out of our universe.
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AFAIR: The shield must be made of coherent light, traveling in speciffic way.