AtD: Bilocations in popular culture

James Kyllo jkyllo at gmail.com
Wed Nov 14 17:37:54 CST 2007


John Brunner's "The Infinitive of Go" (1980) includes the invention of
matter transmitters as a means of travel, where it turns out that the
transmission is into alternative universes.  The alternativeness of
which is a function of the distance travelled.



On Nov 13, 2007 12:47 PM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
> My question: Are
> there other representations of the idea of bilocations in popular culture?
> Is it perhaps by now even
> a mainstream idea in Science Fiction? An early example that could have
> influenced Pynchon is R.A.
> Wilson's "The Universe Next Door" [1979]. Anyone for more?
>
> Kai
>
>
>



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