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* John Stith's novel ''[[Manhattan Transfer]]'' begins with aliens tossing a dome over and ripping out [[New York City|Manhattan Island]] without any obvious explanation, then stowing it inside their massive spacecraft... to save a sample of humanity from a soon-to-arrive Planet Killer.
* ''[[Lensman|Second Stage Lensmen]]'', as part of the prototypical [[Lensman Arms Race]], has the "nutcracker": two planets that are remotely piloted so that they both hit a third planet at the same time. This crushes the third planet between them.
* Mickey Finn from the ''[[Callahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'' series is a walking, man-sized planet killer cyborg. Fortunately, in the very first ''Callahan's'' story, he figures out how to thwart his programming, and finds the perfect place to do it.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Alpha Strike (a doomsday device) in ''[[Iji]]''
* ''[[Wild ARMs 2]]'' has an entire living universe that eats worlds.
* In ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander III]]'', the humans had two planet killers, one of which is called Behemoth. The more reliable one was taken out by the Kilrathi.
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