12 Weeks and Counting!

Posted by Laurie (Lincoln, United States) on 5 December 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

The video image, held wavering on the screen, had been me standing , but, from this, it went to a rough outline of myself, a Davy-shaped hole. Inside this hole was the tail of an American Airlines 727 as seen through the window of the airport observation deck.

"What's that?"

I told Millie where I'd jumped to. She nodded vigorously, her eyes wide. I hit the frame advace again and the Davy-shaped window was gone. The scene showed my apartment living room.

"Neat. No wonder the air doesn't go 'pop'. You're not disappearing one place and appearing another-you're going through a doorway. Or, the doorway is passing around you, since you don't move. Fast forward to the point you reappear."

When the specific point on the tape had been located, I single-framed through images of the empty living room until another Davy-shaped window appeared, slightly different to reflect my changed posture. The view was a different slice of the 727, reflecting where I had been standing when I jumped back. When I hit the frame advance again, the window was replaced by my full body.

Excerpt from Jumper by Steven Gould, Tor Press, 1992

On Febuary 14th, 2008, Jumper will make its theatrical debut! I've been waiting for this day since I first read the novel back in 1999. Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, and Rachel Bilson will be starring in this feature!

It's a story about a young man who discovers that he has the ability to teleport. It's a great adventure and coming of age story. I highly recommend it to anyone to loves sci-fi.

Reflex is Gould's sequel to Jumper (but it's a stand alone novel-you can read it without having to read Jumper) and Jumper: Griffin's Story was written this year and has more to do with the movie and none of the characters from the first Jumper novel appear in it.

If you can't find a copy of Jumper-don't worry, it's going to be re-released with movie art when the movie comes out.

All of the novels are a quick read. I was hooked on Jumper on the first page! I can't wait for this movie to come out. Here's a link to the trailer: http://www.jumperthemovie.com/

Check it out, it's pretty awesome!

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