blaster n.

Well it was for me that, in obedience to Hul Jok’s imperative command, I was holding my Blastor pointing ahead of me; for as I blundered full upon the monstrosity it upheaved its ugly bulk—how I do not know, for I saw no legs nor did it have wings—to one edge and would have flopped down upon me, but instinctively I slid forward the catch on the tiny Blastor, and the foul thing vanished—save for a few fragments of its edges—smitten into nothingness by the vibration hurled forth from that powerful little disintegrator.

His hand reached for the button that would…send the guards in swift aëro-cars to the flame guns and Dongan blasters. [Ibid. 62/2] The great Dongan blasters were better manned; here a trained band of guards took command, sent infernos of destruction hurtling out into the night.

Blast out the lakes and canals—whittle down the peaks and mounds with atomic blasters—file them into the shape of gigantic buildings.

One slender hand clung near a singular jewel, like a great white snow crystal, that hung from her throat. And the other, with a practiced and familiar grip, held a barytron blaster of the newest legion design. An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes. Her blond head flung angrily. She caught her breath, and lifted the barytron blaster. Its bright tube pointed straight between his shoulders. He would never even know.

He reached casually into his pocket and pulled out a blued-steel automatic blaster.

When the blasters ceased their effort, the unkillable thing remained standing.

They had beaten off the Greenies’ rush after the ship’s nose blaster had gone dead on them.

Spears arced up…blasters fired wildly, and here and there a club swung.

Han Hocus-pocus religions and ancient weapons are no substitute for a good blaster at your side.

The younger man surrendered the blaster.

A blaster, despite its name, does not ‘blast’ in the proper sense of the term. It vaporizes and blows out an interior and—if anything—causes an implosion.

A collection for thoughtful readers who want more than blazing blasters in their SF.

He reached into his coat, and his fingers closed around something that gleamed. I panicked, thinking he was going to draw a blaster.