okie@ihuxs.UUCP (08/25/83)
I don't know if anyone in this group has brought this up, but in
the James Blish novel "Spock Must Die!" there is an interesting
description of the transporter process. It's integral to the plotm,
as Spock is "reverse duplicated" through a transporter mishap.
It's been a long time since I've read the book, but I seem to recall
something about an analysis of a person/thing's "dirac state" (???)
by the transporter, then a creation of that same state elsewhere to
accomplish the transportation.
As I said, my memory of the book is fuzzy. Could someone out there
in netland find that book and post that description? It would lend
more fuel to the fire on this discussion.
Thanks,
B.K. ("I canna do it, Captain!") Cobb
BTL, Naperville, IL