jaunting

In Bester's THE STARS MY DESTINATION, the jaunting is arguably another such metaphysical unreality, a magical ability to wish oneself elsewhere presented alongside the hypotheticals of space travel, asteroid mining and so on.

Strange Fiction 8 Hal Duncan 2006

Note that the magic of Bester's jaunting is associated with the Promethean fire of PyrE, an enervated and explosive substance triggered by thought (i.e. magic), a blatant concretion of the metaphor of semiosis-as-power. posted by Hal Duncan | 4: 18 PM

Archive 2008-07-01 Hal Duncan 2008

Note that either way jaunting is an essentially human capacity, not open to mechanisation.

Notes on Strange Fiction: Magic Hal Duncan 2008

Note that the magic of Bester's jaunting is associated with the Promethean fire of PyrE, an enervated and explosive substance triggered by thought (i.e. magic), a blatant concretion of the metaphor of semiosis-as-power. posted by Hal Duncan | 4: 18 PM

Notes on Strange Fiction: Magic Hal Duncan 2008

Note that either way jaunting is an essentially human capacity, not open to mechanisation.

Archive 2008-07-01 Hal Duncan 2008

Do we have to say that jaunting is physically possible to call The Stars, My Destination SF?

Modernism And Modality Links Hal Duncan 2005

I'm toying with the idea of jaunting over to Keeneland tomorrow to watch the race on simulcast and place a few bets.

haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2007

Bester gives us telekinesis, "jaunting", shadowy global corporations more powerful than governments, astounding weapons and a deeply misanthropic take on the human condition.

:Acquired Taste Tim Stretton 2009

Bester gives us telekinesis, "jaunting", shadowy global corporations more powerful than governments, astounding weapons and a deeply misanthropic take on the human condition.

Archive 2009-02-01 Tim Stretton 2009

The most notable of these is "jaunting", a means of personal teleportation via mental control.

REVIEW: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester 2007