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Larry Wasion

Larry discovered Science Fiction at the age of nine with an introduction to Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. A shocking and compelling introduction. Subsequently, Science Fiction became his go-to for imaginative fiction. Early on, he began imagining his own tales of adventure, some of which had b... Larry discovered Science Fiction at the age of nine with an introduction to Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. A shocking and compelling introduction. Subsequently, Science Fiction became his go-to for imaginative fiction. Early on, he began imagining his own tales of adventure, some of which had been percolating in his head for years. Following 4 years of U.S. Navy service as a Vietnam veteran, he worked for a decade as a rock/jazz musician and sound technician. He followed that short career with over fifty years in leading-edge, high-tech, manufacturing management positions. As project manager, he assured the miles of cable and sensors he produced were completed on time, so they could be frozen into the Antarctic ice looking for the elusive neutrino. The same organization pushed the envelope on undersea technology when capping a runaway oil well in the Gulf of Mexico other companies had failed to secure. Another company he worked with made the cameras that took the first live videos of the Titanic. If one has seen a video of towering smokers at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, this was likely seen through their lenses. After the organization with which he was a middle manager solved a safety problem for the Space Shuttle, the solution went to space on all subsequent flights. During this program, Larry was honored to meet Neil Armstrong, still affiliated with NASA and the first human to walk on the surface of the Moon. Upon retiring, he began writing his own science fiction, and in 2023, he published four books. The four science fiction novels are collectively the Jump Gate series. They were reedited and released in 2025. He writes optimistic, not dystopic, tales that are character-driven in a multi-generational story, which brings the reality of family struggles to the fore while dealing with sabotage and kidnapping, while keeping a struggling company afloat. A story where fantasy technology becomes real and brings changes to a society that remains rife with its own problems. His JUMP GATE SERIES records the history, the trials, the successes, and the failures of a technology that evolves from a quirky time machine to a space-battleship-sized Jump Gate over five volumes. Time Chair, Teleporter, RoadMaker, Jump Gate, & Gyre.

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Jump Gate I - Time Chair

Jump Gate I – Time Chair is the result of a thought experiment.A Thought Experiment based on a version of Arthur C. Clarke’s well-known Rule: Any sufficiently advanced technology will appear to be magic.We started with magic, but soon, tiring of inventing doors that open with a phrase (“Open Sesame”), mag-lev carpets, and bottles that connect a holographic genie to the internet, we turned to handicapping standard sci-fi memes.We found uses for a quirky time machine, a half-assed teleporter, a broken FTL container-spaceship, and a one-way Jump Gate.Together, we decided to write a book a...

By: Larry Wasion