rogerd Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Here's an idea for a book, something I know you guys may want to get your teeth into: 1: As of The Land Ironclads, armoured war machines largely impervious to artillery fire with guns designed for remote operation from the interior to protect the gunners. 2: Armoured tripods armed with chemical weapons and a Heat Ray capable of boiling the heavily armoured steel of a naval warship instantly (The War of the Worlds) 3: A huge gun capable of firing projectiles over interplanetary distances without liquefying life forms on board. (TWoTW) 4: Advanced tele-operated construction machinery. (TWotW) 5: A flying machine capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as high aerial velocities, also armed with a Heat Ray and biological weaponry. (TWotW, we don't have much idea of its actual capabilities but it was observed at least once) 6: A drug capable of granting regular humans bullet-time movement ability safely for long periods of subjective time. The acceleration effect is great enough that walking at a normal pace while under the drug's effects induces friction burns with the air if you're not careful- a running speed of "two or three miles a second" is mentioned. (The New Accelerator) 7: A treatment capable of rendering human beings completely transparent in atmosphere (which can be calibrated to focus the effect in any specific range of EM frequencies). (The Invisible Man) 8: A material that can block the effect of gravity as if it were a form of radiation. (The First Men in the Moon) 9: Time travel. (The Time Machine). 10: Advanced hybridisation and intelligence-induction technology through surgical techniques. (The Island of Doctor Moreau) 11: Aerial/orbital reconnaissance via astral projection through inducing near-death experiences. (Under the Knife) 12: The ability to transfer human souls/personalities from one person to another. (The Story of the Late Mr Elvesham) 13: An entire second intelligent civilisation living deep in the ocean. (In The Abyss) 14: Handheld crystal devices that enable people to observe things at a long distance. (The Crystal Egg) 15: In The Star, while a good half to two thirds of the human population of the Earth is wiped out, it is implied that in future years some communication-possibly even collaboration- takes place between the advanced society of Mars and that of Earth, since a human-voice historian talks of notes written by a Martian astronomer. 16: In The First Men in the Moon, also, there is an extensive and highly-developed civilisation living in caves under the surface of the Moon. 17: Occasional humans in H.G. Wells's worlds are empowered to work miracles on a near-deity level: In The Man Who Could Work Miracles no upper limit is seen, though the main character does at one stage successfully tell the entire world to simply stop dead: It ceases in its orbital track and immediately stops spinning, which throws everyone and everything on the surface of the planet sideways through its own momentum- the main character is unharmed by this process. 18: Parallel dimensions accessible via a variety of means. (The Plattner Story, A Dream of Armageddon) 19: Advanced terrestrial aerial warfare (albeit a little odd in some depictions, with some degree of ramming involved as a matter of course). (A Dream of Armageddon, The War in the Air) 20: An elixir that has the basic effect of anti-gravity on the human body. (The Truth About Pyecraft) 21: Intelligent and aggressive insect civilisations. (The Empire of the Ants) 22: Demons that take places in normal society. (The Wild Asses of the Devil) 23: Continuous-blast "nuclear" weapons. (The World Set Free) Or you could have a go at this instead: http://quantumbranching.deviantart.com/art/DOYLE-FANTASTIC-364219158?q=gallery%3Aquantumbranching%2F23509827&qo=5 Just a few ideas for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomedpc Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 A great list - thank you for posting it A couple of them crop up in Pirates & Dragons...what with the Insect People and Storm Circle Sea... Quote Peter Cakebread Cakebread&WaltonO:) Purveyors of Fine Imaginings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerd Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 A great list - thank you for posting it A couple of them crop up in Pirates & Dragons...what with the Insect People and Storm Circle Sea... Sorry for not being on to respond to this......glad you likey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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