collapsars

Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Best Science Fiction of the Year 02 - Terry Carr Blue Tyson 2008

Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Hero - Joe Haldeman Blue Tyson 2008

Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars.

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Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman Blue Tyson 2007

Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

Almost by definition, a portal planet remained within a degree or two of absolute zero all the time — since collapsars don't shine — and the first chill you felt would mean that you were a dead man.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

They'd started naming collapsars after letters of the Hebrew alphabet, in order of discovery, then ran out of letters when the damn things started cropping up all over the place.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

Travel time between the two collapsars ... exactly zero.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

We knew about the portal planets, little bits of flotsam that whirled around the collapsars; the purpose of the drone was to come back and tell us in the event that a ship had smacked into a portal planet at .999 of the speed of light.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975

Travel time between the two collapsars … exactly zero.

The Forever War Haldeman, Joe 1975