10 greatest handguns in all of science fiction and fantasy.
Obviously Captain Tightpants' sidearm is there, one of two that's been known to shoot first from time to time.
I was actually the one who added it to the voting options (FB link). Surprisingly, io9 didn't think of it.
April 26 2011
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Skytteflickan88 | April 26, 19:37 CET
Arkham258 | April 26, 21:15 CET
Opening it out to just SF&F guns, 'Reason™' from 'Snowcrash' is another favourite of mine. Not a handgun by any stretch (it's about the size of a small suitcase with a sort of hose thing coming out) but built of awesome (not least because it sets up the line "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason™" ;). And (as another commenter mentions) the last Lazy Gun from 'Against a Dark Background' - stupidly powerful weapons just tickle me for some reason, the total extreme overkill just makes me smile (and being the last of anything is inherently romantic). Also from 2000AD there's Rogue Trooper's friend (and gun) Gunnar.
Saje | April 27, 04:11 CET
How do you know it's mystical if you don't know why they're powerful? Could be simple science, but this article made it sound like we actually know spells were used. And I can't recall that.
Skytteflickan88 | April 27, 04:35 CET
Saje | April 27, 04:59 CET
It's not a bad assumption, I just don't want to jump to conclusions. I mean, the maker of the Colt, Samuel Colt, was never mentioned to be able to use magic, and from what I recall, when the character tried to figure out how it worked, they didn't bring out the spell book, they brought out the tools.
But now that I think about it, there might have been some mystical writing on the thing.
I guess I should join a Supernatural forum and get the answer.
Skytteflickan88 | April 27, 05:18 CET
What I meant when I said that we don't know how or why it is so powerful is that they never explained what sort of magic or spells Samuel Colt acquired and used on the gun. It's a big mystery that last week's episode unfortunately did not explain despite a Samuel Colt appearance. As for Ruby's dagger, we don't even know how she acquired it, but it always seemed to be just as strong as the Colt
Arkham258 | April 27, 08:53 CET
While I have not seen the most recently aired Supernatural episode ("Mommy Dearest, with Amber Benson will be on tonight or tomorrow in my neck of the wood), apparnetly the Winchesters travel back in time to meet Samuel Colt, so there very well could be an explanation now available for why the Colt can defeat all but the most ornery of demons.
BlueEyedBrigadier | April 27, 09:42 CET
LexWDaFlex | April 27, 11:55 CET
Anyway, the Colt WAS supernatural; I remember a pentagram carved into the handle and some Enochian writing on the gun (I want to say on the bullets too, which is why they couldn't use just any bullets in it). Given the way Angels do magic on that show...
narse | April 27, 12:34 CET
WilliamTheB | April 27, 18:49 CET
Saje | April 27, 22:11 CET
So yeah, not handguns per se ;D
BlueEyedBrigadier | April 28, 08:04 CET
But that's me. ;)
NL197 | April 28, 08:27 CET
But that's me. ;)
NL197 | April 28, 17:27 CET
I totally agree! I was rather surprised when neither i09.com nor the FB poll results seemed to get the Auto-9 added to the list. I know I was impressed the first I saw it ;P
BlueEyedBrigadier | April 28, 08:45 CET
Saje | April 28, 10:00 CET