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  • Mara had not been in the room during transition to normspace.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • There was a moment of silence as the ship re-entered normspace and stars appeared on the viewscreen, followed by murmurs of dismay.

    Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • "This dimension is to hyperspace as that is to normspace; it allows speeds roughly two hundred times as fast as hyperflight."

    Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • Transitioning out of hyperspace was simple, even in the middle of a programmed course; Ensign Olorun flipped a switch on his Helm console, puncturing the hyperfield and bringing them to rest relative to what little matter was present in interstellar normspace.

    Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • "Of course," he pointed out to Kerim, "all we can really say immediately is that we're back in normspace and somewhere in the galaxy."

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • He's full of anesthetic, and that should keep him quiet till we're back in normspace.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • But, of course, if it hadn't been an unheard-of outside force that plucked the _Queen_ out of normspace and threw her into this elsewhere, then it must be something Maulbow had put on board.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • Until we're back in normspace, we'd better not miss any bets.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • Also according to Maulbow, there was a race of the future, human in appearance, with machines to sail the current of time through the universe -- to run and tack with the winds of time, dipping in and out of the normspace of distant periods and galaxies as they chose.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

  • But he'd seen the stars of normspace through the torn vault floor.

    The Winds of Time James H. Schmitz 1946

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