jaunting

• “In Bester's THE STARS MY DESTINATION, the jaunting is arguably another such metaphysical unreality, a magical ability to wish oneself elsewhere presented alongside the hypotheticals of space travel, asteroid mining and so on.”

  Strange Fiction 8

• “Note that either way jaunting is an essentially human capacity, not open to mechanisation.”

  Notes on Strange Fiction: Magic

• “Note that the magic of Bester's jaunting is associated with the Promethean fire of PyrE, an enervated and explosive substance triggered by thought (i.e. magic), a blatant concretion of the metaphor of semiosis-as-power. posted by Hal Duncan | 4: 18 PM”

  Notes on Strange Fiction: Magic

• “Do we have to say that jaunting is physically possible to call The Stars, My Destination SF?”

  Modernism And Modality Links

• “I'm toying with the idea of jaunting over to Keeneland tomorrow to watch the race on simulcast and place a few bets.”

  haloaskew Diary Entry

• “Bester gives us telekinesis, "jaunting", shadowy global corporations more powerful than governments, astounding weapons and a deeply misanthropic take on the human condition.”

  :Acquired Taste

• “The most notable of these is "jaunting", a means of personal teleportation via mental control.”

  REVIEW: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

• “They were walking about the town when a gentleman drove past them in a dolgusha [a kind of jaunting-car on four wheels], leaning with ungloved hands on a stick resting on the step of the carriage.”

  Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood

• “For two or three weeks they go on living at home, and most of that time they are "jaunting," that is, drinking.”

  The Kingdom of God Is Within You

• “While some artists come jaunting into town wide-eyed and bushy-tailed for SXSW, the boys of Auto Body, who are already familiar with the Austin underground, return for a good ol' homecoming party.”

  The Huffington Post: Taryn Haight: 10 Electronic Music Acts to Catch at SXSW

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