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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
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Subject: Re: FTL and time travel
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 14:16:31 EST
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Another author who made use of the time dialation in speeds close to
light was Poul Anderson in Tau Zero.  

Ursula K. LeGuin, in several of her stories (The Left Hand of
Darkness and Semmlys'[sp?] Necklace, to name just two) has her NAFAL
(Nearly As Fast As Light) drive cause time dialations.  In fact, the
ending of Semmly's Necklace depends on it, and the fact that Semmly
has not aged very much during her voyage, while two generations have
passed on her world while she was gone.

				John Hobson
				AT&T Bell Labs
				Naperville, IL
				(312) 979-0193
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