Heat-Ray

It recovered its balance by a miracle, and, no longer heeding its steps and with the camera that fired the Heat-Ray now rigidly upheld, it reeled swiftly upon Shepperton.

Tin 2010

When it comes to sci-fi villains, few have endured as well as the Martians, whom HG Wells depicted wielding a weapon called the Heat-Ray in The War of the Worlds, back in 1898.

A laser that works when wet 2010

As the camera of the Heat-Ray hit the water, the latter had immediately flashed into steam.

Tin 2010

After sunset I struggled on along the road towards Putney, where I think the Heat-Ray must have been used for some reason, perhaps in a battle with the dead as the Martians advanced.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

“It was not like the Heat-Ray,” I said, and for a time I was inclined to think one of the great fighting-machines had stumbled against the house, as I had seen one stumble against the tower of Shepperton Church.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

We were far beyond the range of the Heat-Ray there, and had it not been for the silent desertion of some of the houses, the stirring movement of packing or boarding up in others, and the knot of soldiers standing on the bridge over the railway and staring down the line towards Woking, the day would have seemed very like any other Sunday.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

As the camera of the Heat-Ray hit the water, the latter had immediately flashed into steam.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

The giant saved Woking station and its cluster of houses until the last; then in a moment the Heat-Ray was brought to bear, and the town became a heap of fiery ruins.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

The Heat-Ray had shaved the chimney tops and passed.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009

I found myself praying that the Heat-Ray might have suddenly and painlessly struck her out of being for this was a fate far more favorable than others.

The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009