Jojo
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Douglas Phillips:
Enjoyed all the Quantum books! You haven't offered any theory about how a destination might be pinpointed and selected through compressed space/time. I'd like to hear any thoughts on this? Using the compression travel technique, you have the possibility to write something that very few SF writers have ever done, which is a story/series that takes place in another galaxy. I'd like to see this.
Douglas Phillips
If only I had a $2 billion particle accelerator and a coherent neutrino beam, I could answer this through experimental data. Alas, I'll have to go full theoretical on you.
At places in the stories, a character (often Nala) will talk about "spatial compression" or setting a compression direction. I picture this as an arrow in 3-D space, a vector. Point anywhere, expand into 4-D, and (within your experimental chamber) space along your chosen vector will compress by a factor set by Tau (see the equation in Quantum Space). In Quantum Void, alien portals do the same thing by creating a compression vector between two doorways. Simpler, but presumably there's some heavy technology involved!
And if you'd like to find out how far you can compress space (to another galaxy?) you'll enjoy Book 5 in the series, Quantum Chaos, coming summer 2023.
At places in the stories, a character (often Nala) will talk about "spatial compression" or setting a compression direction. I picture this as an arrow in 3-D space, a vector. Point anywhere, expand into 4-D, and (within your experimental chamber) space along your chosen vector will compress by a factor set by Tau (see the equation in Quantum Space). In Quantum Void, alien portals do the same thing by creating a compression vector between two doorways. Simpler, but presumably there's some heavy technology involved!
And if you'd like to find out how far you can compress space (to another galaxy?) you'll enjoy Book 5 in the series, Quantum Chaos, coming summer 2023.
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A Goodreads user
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Douglas Phillips:
Came across your sweet hard SciFi, and it's the kind that makes you go WOW that's new. No pressure, but are you writing another Quantum book?
Stephen Payseur
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Douglas Phillips:
I just read and reviewed your book Quantum Space. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have been interested in Quantum physics for quite awhile, but never could wrap my mind around it. Your book helped immensely in my limited understanding, which is now a bit greater. I know this is not a question, but I wanted to let you know that I appreciated your book. Thanks. Obligatory question mark?
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