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  • One of the nicer things about also being in the literary SF camp myself for half the working week is that I can leap the fence with my trusty vibroblade and gleefully demonstrate how good SW has been for my own “real SF” sales.

    I cannot believe Karen Traviss didn’t call me about this…. 2006

  • He had no desire to have a vibroblade between his ribs, and there was no doubt as to the uncontrolled dangerousness of his hysterical opponent.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • The idea of the courageous and resourceful Sister Magdalene, so quick with a vibroblade when the need arose, tramping from one employment bureau to another in search of menial work to keep her body fed was an idea at once distasteful to me-'General Housework & Cooking, live in, Thursday evenings & alternate Sundays off; references required. '

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • Something cold was pressed against my ribs on the left side of my back and I realized that it was almost certainly the hilt of a vibroblade, needing only the touch, of the stud to make me as dead as Snotty Fassett-but it did not alarm me.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

  • One of the cops got a bad gash on his arm from a vibroblade, and one of the priests got it in the abdomen.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

  • There was a vibroblade much nearer his body than the one in the kid's hand.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

  • The little gadget that Mike the Angel carried did more than just detect the nearby operation of a vibroblade.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

  • Mike knew that the kid was holding a vibroblade at the old man's spine.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

  • The gadget focused a high-density magnetic field on any vibroblade that came anywhere within six inches of Mike's body.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

  • He opened his desk drawer and took out the little pack that housed the workings of the vibroblade shield.

    Unwise Child Randall Garrett 1957

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