Author: | John Brunner | ISBN: | 9780575101678 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group | Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
Imprint: | Gateway | Language: | English |
Author: | John Brunner |
ISBN: | 9780575101678 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
Imprint: | Gateway |
Language: | English |
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The first practical matter transmitter was a success, or so everyone thought. In spite of paranoid security restrictions, Justin Williams and Cinnamon Wright, co-inventors of the device, counted on it to revolutionise civilisation and gain them an honoured place in history.
But the first long-distance field test with a human being - a diplomatic courier carrying a vital message - somehow misfired when the courier killed himself on arrival at his destination.
To prove his faith in his invention - and to escape charges of sabotage - Justin had himself "posted" thousands of miles. He came through unchanged. It was the world that was somehow different...
CODE NAME POSTER
The first practical matter transmitter was a success, or so everyone thought. In spite of paranoid security restrictions, Justin Williams and Cinnamon Wright, co-inventors of the device, counted on it to revolutionise civilisation and gain them an honoured place in history.
But the first long-distance field test with a human being - a diplomatic courier carrying a vital message - somehow misfired when the courier killed himself on arrival at his destination.
To prove his faith in his invention - and to escape charges of sabotage - Justin had himself "posted" thousands of miles. He came through unchanged. It was the world that was somehow different...