Novel about a guy who travels through portals to bring back alien technology (jaunt?)
A while back I had read a Goodreads description of a novel that I have forgotten the name of. It was about a guy having discussions with his therapist about his profession which is to jump through a portal to go to some far away location and bring back alien tech to sell on the black market or something like that. This guy is supposed to be an unreliable narrator and he has done some shady stuff. I think going through the portal was called a "jaunt" maybe.
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A while back I had read a Goodreads description of a novel that I have forgotten the name of. It was about a guy having discussions with his therapist about his profession which is to jump through a portal to go to some far away location and bring back alien tech to sell on the black market or something like that. This guy is supposed to be an unreliable narrator and he has done some shady stuff. I think going through the portal was called a "jaunt" maybe.
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A while back I had read a Goodreads description of a novel that I have forgotten the name of. It was about a guy having discussions with his therapist about his profession which is to jump through a portal to go to some far away location and bring back alien tech to sell on the black market or something like that. This guy is supposed to be an unreliable narrator and he has done some shady stuff. I think going through the portal was called a "jaunt" maybe.
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A while back I had read a Goodreads description of a novel that I have forgotten the name of. It was about a guy having discussions with his therapist about his profession which is to jump through a portal to go to some far away location and bring back alien tech to sell on the black market or something like that. This guy is supposed to be an unreliable narrator and he has done some shady stuff. I think going through the portal was called a "jaunt" maybe.
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The Stars My Destination (1955) by Alfred Bester?
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In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Remembered from A book about the the protagonist being able to bodily trans-locate which is referred to specifically as a 'Jaunt' or 'jaunting' which I found by searching this site for jaunting.
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The Stars My Destination (1955) by Alfred Bester?
From Goodreads:
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Remembered from A book about the the protagonist being able to bodily trans-locate which is referred to specifically as a 'Jaunt' or 'jaunting' which I found by searching this site for jaunting.
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The Stars My Destination (1955) by Alfred Bester?
From Goodreads:
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Remembered from A book about the the protagonist being able to bodily trans-locate which is referred to specifically as a 'Jaunt' or 'jaunting' which I found by searching this site for jaunting.
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The Stars My Destination (1955) by Alfred Bester?
From Goodreads:
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Remembered from A book about the the protagonist being able to bodily trans-locate which is referred to specifically as a 'Jaunt' or 'jaunting' which I found by searching this site for jaunting.
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In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand miles with a single thought, where the rich barricade themselves in labyrinths and protect themselves with radioactive hit men—and where an inarticulate outcast is the most valuable and dangerous man alive. The Stars My Destination is a classic of technological prophecy and timeless narrative enchantment by an acknowledged master of science fiction.
Remembered from A book about the the protagonist being able to bodily trans-locate which is referred to specifically as a 'Jaunt' or 'jaunting' which I found by searching this site for jaunting.
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