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Re: F&SF that I Read in 2007: W

by douglas winston <douglas_winston@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 10, 2008 at 10:16 PM

John Schilling wrote:
> Depends on how narrowly you define "laser pistol".  But expecting
> firearms to be replaced by *something*, that's just common sense.
> It's almost certain that, within this century, we will be able to
> build hand-held laser weapons that are massively superior to ordinary
> pistols.  Whether they have the handgrip-and-barrel form factor of
> a "pistol", whether they will be called "laser pistols", I'm not
> sure.  I don't think it matters.

check <http://www.jessesword.com/sf>
for earliest use.
laser pistol:
1967 _The Rim-World Legacy_,by F.A.Javor p.128;
1967 _The Time Hoppers_,by Robert Silverberg p.144;
1969 _The Warlock in Spite of Himself_,by Christopher Stasheff p.267;
1973 _The Tin Angel_,by Ron Goulart p.22;
1976 _My Name is Legion_,by Roger Zelazny p.205;
1980 _The Eternity Brigade_,by Stephen Goldin p.14;
1981 _The Soul Eater_,by Mike Resnick p.8;
1982 _A Greater Infinity_,by Michael McCollum p.8;
1988 _Ivory_,by Mike Resnick p.311;
1990 _A Passage of Stars_,by Alis A.Rasmussen p.143;
1995 _The Forever Drug_,by Steve Perry p.203;
1996 _The Road Between the Worlds_,by Michael Moorcock p.235;
1999 _The Sea is Full of Stars_,by Jack L.Chalker p.61;
1999 _Priam's Lens_,by Jack L.Chalker p.281;
2003 _The Return of Santiago_,by Mike Resnick p.129;
2005 _Finders Keepers_,by Linnea Sinclair p.6.
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Sent by Douglas Winston on May 10,2008.




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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-03 15:29:56 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-03 16:00:40 
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David T. Bilek <davidb  2008-05-03 11:27:20 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-03 14:33:34 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-05-03 08:38:54 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-05-03 17:59:25 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-03 14:28:17 
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Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMA  2008-05-04 17:36:07 
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"John F. Eldredge&qu  2008-05-04 03:58:20 
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Aaron Denney <wnoise@[  2008-05-04 17:18:23 
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Gene <gene@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-03 18:15:56 
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Lawrence Watt-Evans <l  2008-05-03 23:58:29 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-04 15:40:16 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-04 12:59:59 
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jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-04 17:15:13 
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William Hyde <wthyde19  2008-05-08 09:33:42 
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wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-08 23:22:12 
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Rich Horton <rrhorton@  2008-05-10 18:22:19 
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"robo" <digi  2008-05-07 23:02:18 
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Andrew Plotkin <erkyra  2008-05-08 03:26:58 
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Gene <gene@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-08 04:23:38 
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Andrew Plotkin <erkyra  2008-05-08 05:36:20 
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Gene <gene@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-08 05:59:14 
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John Schilling <schill  2008-05-10 16:26:18 
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douglas winston <dougl  2008-05-10 22:16:27 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-13 20:28:58 
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John Schilling <schill  2008-05-17 17:54:47 
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cgoodin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-22 15:59:13 
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Sea Wasp <seawaspObvio  2008-05-08 07:45:49 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-05-08 07:02:09 
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Graham Woodland <gray@  2008-05-10 14:45:04 
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Sea Wasp <seawaspObvio  2008-05-10 10:58:50 
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Graham Woodland <gray@  2008-05-10 17:16:36 
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Paul Clarke <paul.clar  2008-05-08 06:02:27 
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nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-08 14:27:43 
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DougL <lampert.doug@[E  2008-05-08 15:24:45 
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"John F. Eldredge&qu  2008-05-11 04:09:18 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-05-12 14:35:03 
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"John F. Eldredge&qu  2008-05-13 03:04:49 
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Par <usenet@[EMAIL PRO  2008-05-13 14:25:15 

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