OFF: the future is here

[mary ann sullivan]

Thanks, Paul,
I'd never heard of "Tiger Tiger," and had meant to ask about it yesterday.

Mary

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On Jul 2, 2010, at 4:32 PM, M Holmes wrote:

> Paul Mather writes:
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:41 AM, M Holmes wrote:
>> 
>>> Arin Komins writes:
>>> 
>>>> I always wanted to know how teleporting beings managed to not 
>>>> teleport themselves into other things.
>>> 
>>> Including air. There's also be a vacuum pop whenever someone jaunted 
>>> out of air.
> 
>> Isn't this in fact what happens in Alfred Bester's _The Stars My 
>> Destination_ (where the process of teleportation is actually called 
>> "jaunting")?
> 
> Cool! Must read that one. I think I've only read "Tiger Tiger" and 
> that was damned good.

"Tiger! Tiger!" is another name under which "The Stars My Destination" was
released.  Its main character is the memorable Gully Foyle.  The novel is
said to be the original cyberpunk story.  It has been voted in many polls
the "Best Science Fiction Novel of All Time."

Are you thinking of "The Demolished Man," a detective story revolving around
committing a murder in a society where telepathy and mind reading are
ubiquitous?  (It's another damned good story.)

Cheers,

Paul.