In stories, ice is equally attractive and inspiring but its power to destroy is never far away; the very real jeopardy of ice is an excellent fictional tool.
She has termed SF "a crazy, protean, left-handed monkey wrench", a fictional tool that "can be put to any use the craftsman has in mind – satire, extrapolation, prediction, absurdity, exactitude, exaggeration, warning, message-carrying, tale-telling, whatever you like".
The Voight-Kampff machine (or device) is a fictional interrogation tool, originating in the book where it is spelled Voigt-Kampff.
"Gaydar" -- real or fictional -- is the tool or process by which some claim they can "sniff out" gay people based on a look, the way one carries him or herself, or even by relying on information as seemingly arbitrary as the length of one's fingers.
Mr. Stark, a 36-year-old handyman from Brooklyn who dabbles in artistic ventures, used his creative tools to build fictional characters and a fiery storyline around Mr. Belmont.
That, in turn, sets up the next wave of defense, which is to no-comment even the most compromising disclosures and to defame any questioner as a tool of the fictional conspiracy.
You tool around this fictional California town, learning new tricks, getting photos taken, and making video footage of your lines.
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Atari This game casts graffiti as a revolutionary tool against a fictional fascist state.
We present one such tool: rating of fictional persons.
