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  • I so much wanted to learn how to jaunte, even after all these years of trying I can barely move from one room to the next with it ...

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  • There were crashes and panics and strikes and famines as pre-jaunte industries failed.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • Messengers jaunted ahead to warn the Presteign offices across the country, and the private jaunte stages were cleared.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • That's the only way to remember your jaunte co-ordinates.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • He's supposed to have lost all memory and ability to jaunte.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • He arose without haste, stepped to the slow. motion figure "Bloo-hwoo-fwaa-mawwing" behind the desk, took out a heavy sap, and scientifically smote Orel across the brow, concussing the frontal lobes and stunning the jaunte center.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • Then, by plane, by car, by bus, by truck, by bike and by jaunte came Fourmyle's entourage.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • Short of prefrontal lobotomy, there are only three ways to stop a man from jaunting: a blow on the head producing concussion, sedation which prevents concentration, and concealment of jaunte co-ordinates.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • Why should a man just because he can't jaunte get treated like a dog?

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

  • Thousands died in jaunte explosions, for the public jaunte stages had never been designed to accommodate the crowding of mass exodus.

    The Stars My Destination Bester, Alfred 1956

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