jaunting

The ability to teleport or 'jaunte' is a common technology in this world, used for travel and also exploited by scavengers known as Jack-jaunters.

1 chapter across 1 book

The Stars My Destination (1956)Alfred Bester

PART 2

This chapter depicts a world on the brink of a devastating Solar War, with widespread conscription and societal upheaval. Amidst this turmoil, Geoffrey Fourmyle of Ceres stages an extravagant and chaotic circus as a form of distraction and spectacle, while the protagonist Gully Foyle prepares himself physically and mentally for action, discovering a violent scene in Robin Wednesbury's apartment and encountering the scavenging Jack-jaunters. The chapter contrasts the absurdity of Fourmyle's circus with the grim realities of war and survival in a fractured society.