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"I realized there was a heavy-duty change coming in biology, and I could write a really compelling novel about catastrophic evolution, punctuated equilibrium."
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![]() As far as I know, the first use of this expression.
Isaac Asimov gives a fairly detailed explanation of calculating a Jump in his 1951 story Tyrann. The story mentions a computer just once; the artwork seems to show a slide rule being used!
"They had all these books here?"
"You bet. They couldn't pilot a ship without them."
"And you understand all that?"
"Not all that. I wish I did. I hope I understand enough. We'll have to Jump to Lingane, you know."
"Is that hard to do?"
"No, not if you know the figures, which are all here, and have the controls which are all there, and if you have experience, which I haven't. For instance, it should be done in several Jumps, but I'm going to try it in one because there'll be less chance of trouble, even though it means a waste of energy."
Compare to jump point from Bill for Delivery (1964) by Christopher Anvil,
collapsar jump from The Forever War (1974) by Joe Haldeman,
hyperspace jump from Foundation(1951) by Isaac Asimov,
Alderson point (Crazy Eddie) from The Mote in God's Eye (1974) by Niven and Pournelle,
planoforming from The Game of Rat and Dragon (1953) by Cordwainer Smith,
jumpdoor from Whipping Star (1969) by Frank Herbert. Also, see jumpship from The Lady Was A Tramp (1957) by Rose Sharon. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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