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Matt Fuller, a graduate‑school dropout who has settled into a modest position as a research assistant at MIT, is conducting experiments on quantum relationships between gravity and light. While calibrating the apparatus, his device disappears for one second and reappears—a curious glitch. However, the experiment takes an unexpected turn when Matt presses the reset button: the machine vanishes for twelve times longer than the original interval, and this effect repeats each time he attempts to reset it. As Matt struggles to comprehend the peculiar behavior of the equipment, he finds himself caught up in a sequence of ever‑longer disappearances, forcing him to confront the unpredictable consequences of meddling with the quantum realm.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Joe Haldeman
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