Can a new technology put an end to war? Arthur C. Clarke and Michael
Kube-McDowell’s scientists in The Trigger have discovered a device that causes
all nearby explosive devices to detonate. Peace activists sense opportunity,
gun-lovers and the military are running scared. A political examination of the
human propensity for violence, this is sometimes chatty but always interesting.
Published by Voyager, £17.99, ISBN 0002247119.
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