10 Myths about Space Travel that make SF better

[Steven L Jordan]

There is another way to travel between the stars... without FTL, using the universe folding back on itself or having to go for a long sleep or being transmitted as information and built back up at your destination... and yes I've had a short story published using this method and how to make it work... but will anyone listen me? Nah!

So I'm afraid you're stuck with FTL, folding universes, long sleeps and being transmitted as information.

Afraid to tell us what it is? Chicken!

I also found a better solution to FTL travel, which I used in my novel Verdant Skies: Essentially, every point in the universe has a quantum frequency, which varies based on your distance from the center of the Big Bang universe; alter the frequency of an object, like a space ship, and it jumps via quantum tunneling to the radius of the universe that matches that frequency; and use the orientation of the frequency to "aim" at the point in the radius you desire. Viola: Instant travel from one point in the universe to another.

The method is based on published quantum theories, so I had no compunction against using it (or telling anybody about it).



(buk buk buk...)

[DailyRich]

Seems like a better title would have been 10 Myths About Space Travel That Make Space Opera More Fun.

[Rosie Oliver]

Afraid to tell us what it is? Chicken!

I also found a better solution to FTL travel, which I used in my novel Verdant Skies: Essentially, every point in the universe has a quantum frequency, which varies based on your distance from the center of the Big Bang universe; alter the frequency of an object, like a space ship, and it jumps via quantum tunneling to the radius of the universe that matches that frequency; and use the orientation of the frequency to "aim" at the point in the radius you desire. Viola: Instant travel from one point in the universe to another.

The method is based on published quantum theories, so I had no compunction against using it (or telling anybody about it).



(buk buk buk...)

Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle, SQUAWK! Just hold on while I adjust my feathers... need to pull out that annoying one just there... tug, tug, yank... collapse in bedraggled heap!

The method was published in a small British science fiction magazine, called Jupiter (Issue 8, Phasiphae - the editor likes calling each issue after a moon of Jupiter's - Spring 2005) in a story called... oops mustn't self publicise here... belongs to separate skein... but their website is www.jupitersf.co.uk I think.

But as you've never heard of it, it just goes to prove that nobody listens to me... so I'm not sure why I'm writing this... except possibly for my own amusement!

[mylinar]

But as you've never heard of it, it just goes to prove that nobody listens to me... so I'm not sure why I'm writing this... except possibly for my own amusement!

We listen, everyone has interesting things to say, and there is nothing wrong with doing something for your own amusement. I don't think mentioning that you have published a story and where to find it is self-promotion since it is published. You are simply showing people where to find it, since as you say it is in a small not well known publication. I have no doubt people will look your story up. Congratulations on being published, many of us here would be thrilled to have even a single short story published in the real world.

[Steven L Jordan]

Actually, Rosie's right to be careful; I've had posts yanked for less.