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== Literature ==
* The [[Trope Namers]] is [[Larry Niven]]'s [[Known Space]] universe stories. The utility of this technology is made clear in the ''[[
* Cavorite from [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[First Men in The Moon]]'' created anti-gravitational thrust. It ''blocks'' the earth's gravity in the same way lead blocks electromagnetic fields, allowing the moon's weaker to pull the vessel up. [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness|needless to say]] [[Jules Verne]] [[Serious Business|had a fit]].
* ''Ender In Exile'' actually plays this one fairly straight as far as power goes. The starship engines work with a directional forcefield, dissolving space debris in front of the ship and propelling it out the back. Of course, it was the same dissolving technology that created the Little Doctor Device, a weapon that rips molecules apart, increasing by proximity of mass. Meaning that if someone drove the ship's engine into a sizable mass (say, a planet) the entire structure would unweave.
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== Web Original ==
* The greater powers of ''[[
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