scott@hou2g.UUCP (Danger Mouse) (06/11/85)
[...a discussion of the physics and problems inherent in teleportation...]
-> I suppose I personally would ignore the conservation laws in some cases,
-> such as travels between planets. (As Niven mentions, there are problems
-> even between different longitudes on the same planet.) However, if the
-> character were falling when s/he teleported, I would assume s/he is
-> falling at arrival, also. (They can't get out of it that easily!)
-> A thunderclap sounds good. Any magic user would love to create an effect
-> like that. How about a pulsating fushia light about the teleporter before
-> the big event?
To hell with a thunderclap! How 'bout a sound like, oh say, "Bamf"?
The teleporter could even leave behind an odor of sulphur and
brimstone or something.
And to think some people say I have no originality...
"And meanwhile, somewhere East of London,
in a rent-controlled Victorian Mansion..."
Scott J. Berry
{someplace big}!hou2g!scott