Dimension X: The Vital Factor (Nelson Bond, adapted by Ernest Kinoy)

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Vital Factor

Determined to be the man to conquer space despite the absence of the means to do so, a ruthless billionaire applies the Green Lantern theory of R&D to the problem of space travel. Amazingly, this actually works but the results are not entirely to his liking.

The ending he gets is amusing enough (and the ones he narrowly escapes ditto) but some day I'd like to read one of these where the limits of the Green Lantern model are what brings the villain-protagonist down.

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Green Lantern theory

[(Anonymous)]

If you want to lampoon a belief that will is all that is required you can do much better than invoke the Green Lantern - in fact a web search tells me that there is an anniversary coming up -

If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower. ~ Adolf Hitler (died April 30)