death-rays

But for me, a "good story" usually involves some element of the fantastic, from demons to death-rays, to set it apart from mundane day-to-day reality.

Why Do You Read/Watch Science Fiction? 2007

This was small relief for the near ‘victims’ of death-rays and poison gas.

Here Come the Martians! « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007

But I still need to see the Nigerian/"Nollywood" film with the demon-possessed kitten with eyes that can shoot out death-rays...

Must get! K. A. Laity 2007

Where sensationalism comes in, usually in the serials, it arises out of the more domestic type of crime, such as bigamy, forgery or sometimes murder; no Martians, death-rays or international anarchist gangs.

Boys' Weeklies 1940

These papers exist because of a specialized demand, because boys at certain ages find it necessary to read about Martians, death-rays, grizzly bears and gangsters.

Boys' Weeklies 1940

One magazine which I have in front of me is given up to a long, complete story, ‘When Hell Game to America’, in which the agents of a ‘blood-maddened European dictator’ are trying to conquer the U.S.A. with death-rays and invisible aeroplanes.

Boys' Weeklies 1940

These papers exist because of a specialized demand, because boys at certain ages find it necessary to read about Martians, death-rays, grizzly bears and gangsters.

Collected Essays 1900

Where sensationalism comes in, usually in the serials, it arises out of the more domestic type of crime, such as bigamy, forgery or sometimes murder; no Martians, death-rays or international anarchist gangs.

Collected Essays 1900

bellows the Human Robot before ripping his foe apart with death-rays and flying steel fists.

Review: Agents of Atlas #11 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

The Hyperion Power Module — which promises clean, safe, affordable, reliable power — seems like just the ticket for powering one’s secret super-scientist laboratory — and any associated death-rays — in a remote, off-grid location:

Hyperion Power Module « Isegoria 2008