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Subject: Re: Looking for stories....
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 20:35:03 -0400
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On 7/6/2025 10:23 PM, Lee Gleason wrote:
> 
>    That have teleportation across stellar distances, but only to 
> teleportation booths that have been first been transported to their 
> destinations by conventional space travel on ships. I know I've read 
> several stories using this over the decades. but can't think of 'em 
> right now....some of the stories dealt with ships that could use the 
> destination booth while in flight, simplifying crew changes and resupply 
> over the long periods it would take to get to a destination. SOme 
> couldn't use the target booth until it was set up at the destination, 
> complicating the long flight to it.

Sounds a bit like Lloyd Biggle Jr.'s novel "Watchers of the Dark"

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