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The transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, usually instantaneously. In most instances, it involves 'disassembling' the physical object into small particles at the sending node and 'reassembling' them at the receiving node.
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Story about people who have changed through teleportation
I am thinking of "The Hatchetman" by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds, available here.
Duplicated teleported people are called "Duplies"
He knew all too well the character of the Duplies, products of …
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Has any sci fi ever tried to explain how conservation of momentum and energy would work with...
Larry Niven's teleportation stories, beginning with the hard-to-find "By Mind Alone" (1966) (about psychic teleportation) and his "Flash Crowd" series (technological teleportation) all deal with issues … Niven wrote a non-fiction piece "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" in 1969 as well; here's a link to Niven presenting the material that would later show up in that article. …
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Short story from early 2000s magazine, father teleporting son away from alien takeover
The story was published as "The Little White Nerves Went Last" which is identified as part of the "Thousand Cultures" series in ISFDB . As I recall, the rest of The Armies of Memory was not in Analog …
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Explorers on Mars in danger. They enter a martian settlement to ask for help. Later discover...
This is Heinlein's Red Planet, I think. The heroes, Jim and Frank (teenage boys) are travelling overland on Mars, and in desperation, seek shelter in a Martian town (they had previously had friendly …