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shinypeter Novicius Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 9	slings in fiction Feb 9^th, 2005 at 2:17pm I felt the use of slings in Larry Niven's book 'Lucifer's Hammer', really apt. They were being threatened by cannibalistic urban marauders sweeping towards camp and defended themselves by making chemical projectiles out of plaster of paris balls filled with mustard gas. Delivery was the sling! Best to all you slingers, Peter.
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Terry Guest	Re: slings in fiction Reply #1 - Feb 9^th, 2005 at 7:37pm that is awsome
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Chris Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1284 USA Gender:	Re: slings in fiction Reply #2 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 12:54am Huh, interesting. I wonder how they got the gas inside plaster balls though... Chris
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Matthias Past Moderator Offline Posts: 1418 Gatineau/Ottawa QC, Canada Gender:	Re: slings in fiction Reply #3 - Feb 14^th, 2005 at 1:53am Shhhhh.... suspension of disbelief is a critical part of reading many accounts of slinging prowess.... I've read the book but don't remember the sequence at all! maybe I'll dig it up. If it turs out I _haven't_ read it, thanks for pointing out a new Niven. Matthias
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Huh, interesting. I wonder how they got the gas inside plaster balls though...

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Lol i was thinking the same, though mustard gas is liquid, i was wondering how would they got/made it, also it would be very dangerous to handle, (i.e. filling the projectiles carrying, storing.... is plaster hermetic to mustard gas? (at least it absorb moisture)

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