"cjcampbell" wrote in
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That was David Niven. And, while I haven't looked, I would be surprised
if the Pink Panther has never had a light sabre. Larry Niven wrote a

I knew it was David Niven. I was a making what was evidently a bad joke.

series of novels called the Known Space novels. One of the things
common to all these novels is the stasis field, a kind of force field
in which time ceases to exist. Thus, it does not keep other objects out
by means of a wall of energy, but because time does not pass within the
forcefield, anything starting to enter the stasis field is frozen by
time and pushed away.

Sounds like the Cone of Silence!

But if Time is frozen, objects shouldn't be pushed away - that would require
an opposing force. They should simply freeze in time and stop moving, perhaps
collapsing upon themselves as the balance of the entering object continues
through the field. Seems pretty simple to me.

Larry Niven also was one of the creators of The Green Lantern.

I used to like the Green Lantern when I was a kid. But now that you've
described the horrible lack of logic endowed by his creators, I have lost all
respect for Greeny. I guess it's back to Superman for me.