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"...being predictive, being right about the future, is not the point of any given story or novel. The point is about exploring as wide a range of possibilities as possible."
- Peter Watts
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| Trans-Space Transmission | ||
| A curious method of communication between worlds. |
| He addressed the message to Castel Martin at Polypolis and handed it to the over-slave. A moment later he heard the characteristic sputter of trans-space discharge.
And hour passed... Thissel paced restlessly back and forth in front of the office. There was no telling how long he would have to wait: trans-space transmission time varied unpredictably. Sometimes the message snapped through in microseconds; sometimes it wandered through unknowable regions for hours; and there were several authenticated examples of messages being received before they had been transmitted. |
| From The Moon Moth,
by Jack Vance. Published by Pocket Books in 1976 Additional resources -
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