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Throwing Doors

March 9, 2017 5 Comments

Throwing Doors
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It was a brilliant idea, until the moment it ended the world.

Space could be folded if you constructed a pair of entangled warp gates. You could travel faster than light but only to places you’d already been.

Then someone had the brainwave: warp gates were cheaper than manned rockets. Launch them to other worlds, and we could traverse the stars in seconds.

For decades we sent gates to other planets, hoping to walk through and take these worlds as our own.

When the invaders came through, we realised our mistake much too late.

Doors could be opened from either side.

By Ian Rennie

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  1. Esme upon the Cloud says

    March 9, 2017 at 1:24 am

    Concise and well thought out. One of the best 101’s I’ve read. Great stuff! – *waves her brain smiling*

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  2. Roy Dorman says

    March 9, 2017 at 6:15 am

    Very well done, Ian. All of the elements of good science fiction in a tight little package.

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  3. Meghashri says

    March 9, 2017 at 7:18 am

    Great storyline and wonderful punchline!

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  4. knyte7 says

    March 9, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Superior story: interesting idea, taut, not a wasted word. Put me down as both entertained and jealous.

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  5. Ruth Livingstone says

    March 9, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    Fabulous. Well done.

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