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In <
Pine.NEB.4.64.2603082339390.1498@panix1.panix.com> danny burstein <
dannyb@panix.com> writes:
Close enough to SF that I hope you'll be gentle with me.
The latest reports about the possiblity that "Havana Syndrome"
is real and courtesy of a knapsack microwave reminded me of
a scene in a Man From UNCLE book six decades (!!!) ago.
Napolean is in a hotel room with the obligatory hot babe,
and they both get locked inside.
And then... the sounds start. And get louder and louder..
With Napolean figuring out it's courtesy of a MASER (similar
to the then fairly new but better known LASERs, but using
microwave insstead of light).
Anyone recall which book it was?
Thanks.
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a basic Duck and Google search dudn't work, and
a Duck.AI gave me a well written answer that looked
legit, but was WRONG.
Google's AI found it:
"In The Man from U.N.C.L.E. book series,
Napoleon Solo is attacked by a MASER
(Microwave Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation) in his hotel
room in the first novel,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #1: The Thousand Coffins Affair
(1965) by Michael Avallone.
Scene Details Location: Solo is in a
hotel suite in Paris with a woman named
Denise Fairmount. The Weapon: The
attack is described as an "eerie barrage of
killing sound" or high-frequency
vibration.
Effect: The MASER (often referred to in
the text as a "molecular
sonic" or high-frequency beam) causes
the objects in the room to vibrate
violently and threatens to shatter the
occupants' internal organs and bones.
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