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