A Variety Of Different Things That Could Be Called A Blaster
There are quite a few different definitions for what a blaster is. The word has come up over and over in science fiction, it has shown up in our machinery, and there are even people who go by the name. Most people probably had an image pop to mind when they hear the term, and that image was probably something that was taken from popular culture throughout the last fifty years or so. Picturing a robot holding an odd shaped gun in front of an alien space craft is one common image. The word seems to represent an idea of the future that was supposed to arrive that never came to pass.
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