© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Welcome to the Science Fiction Motif Index, a small repository of concepts from science fiction and their history. Explore the development of robots, carbon fiber, and alien encounters as told through stories of different time periods. Find the influences and predecessors of your favorite stories, or other stories that explore the same concepts.
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A giant laser whose Active laser medium and Laser pumping mechanism are both a star. The lasing medium is formed by a gas like CO2 through the direction of a massive energy source (often collected from the same star), which then lases at cosmic energies.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0