[Ads-l] Antedating Zap Gun (UNCLASSIFIED)
Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL
Fri Jan 9 20:38:47 UTC 2015
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I made a mistake below. The correct page number is p. 9.
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> From: Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:39 AM
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> OED has 1969 for "zap gun" (under entry for zap)
>
> OED SF project has 1954.
>
> _Fantasy Review_ Feb-Mar 1947 p 3
> http://efanzines.com/FR/fr01.pdf
> "ASF's competitor-mags are stocked by professional pulp-writers with
> plots about lush, semi-clad damsels, greenish monsters with nasty
> notions, stalwart heroes with zap-guns."
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