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Fantasy: October 14, 2009 Issue [#3330]

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Letter from the editor

My brother visited us a couple of weeks ago and the conversation at the table turned to wormholes. It got me to thinking about the ways wormholes are used in science fiction and fantasy. Wormholes appear most often in science fiction rather then fantasy. However, in fantasy stories there is the Interdimensional Portal, which may or may not be a type of wormhole.

To my understanding, a wormhole is a curvature linking two different points in space-time (http://physics.about.com/od/glossary/g/wormhole.htm). In science fiction, wormholes are short cuts between distant points to let spaceships travel instantly to different places in the galaxy. For instance, in Star Trek the Next Generation Deep Space 9 is located near a wormhole. The various alien races in the story use this wormhole to get to and from Deep Space 9’s location. I am sure that in one of the Deep Space 9 episodes, the way that wormhole worked was explained.

In order for a space faring civilization to use wormhole as a short cut between destinations the ships using the wormhole must enter. This means the wormhole needs opening at one end to enter, closed behind the ship, and then opened at the other end for travelers to exit. How do you open a wormhole? Some authors include details and some do not include details on the opening and closing of wormholes used in the story.

In order for readers to believe the story, some details need including especially if the wormhole is a novel or a novella. In flash fiction, details like this only clutter the story, but that does not mean the author should not know how a wormhole works. The more an author knows about how a wormhole works, the easier it is to make even a flash fiction story containing a wormhole believable. Readers want to believe, at least while they are reading the story, that the phenomena included in the story are real.


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zickman writes: I usually skim through these newsleters before deleting them. But this one is the first that I have actually read all the way through and saved! So to the editor, keep it up!

Tadpole1 Author Icon writes: Hi Prosperous Snow,

Your article offered a new perspective. It gives food for thought. Good job!

Tadpole1

What do you think about wormholes? Do you use them in your stories?
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