Science Fiction Trivia

[Disembodied]

If anyone is struggling, think little digital "ammo remaining" readouts and/or steadycam mounts … or, alternatively, a handgun which can fire six different types of bullets on demand, as the situation requires.

[Smivs]

<Stirs from his slumber......>
Judge Dredd's Lawgiver
<....dozes off again>

[Smivs]

<Can't get back to sleep - it's too hot!>
The UA 571-C Automated Sentry Gun from 'Aliens'
<Rolls over and closes his eyes, hopefully.......>

[Disembodied]

That's two more, courtesy of the restless pumpkin … Next one wins it!

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Stark Industries Jericho Missile from Iron Man - a missile that goes MIRV and comes down as a lot of bomblets.

[Disembodied]

That'll do it! Over to you …

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OK... I'm feeling lazy today, so I'll let you do all the work.

Let's have titles and authors for FIVE novels or stories featuring interstellar travel by matter transmission, NOT starships - I'll allow stories in which a matter transmission portal, receiver, or whatever is transported by space ship prior to use, provided that matter transmission is the main transport system.

[Disembodied]

Newton's Wake, by Ken MacLeod. Although FTL starships exist, there is also a network of planet-based wormholes known as the Skein, under the control of the Bloody Carlyles.

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That's one. Four to go!

[montana05]

Commonwealth Saga by Peter F. Hamilton

[Disembodied]

You could make a case for Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey … the monoliths - or some of them, at least - can act as interstellar portals.

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I'll accept both of those - two to go.

If it helps, a few SF authors who have experimented with this trope:

Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Robert Heinlein, Dave Langford, Larry Niven, Dan Simmons, etc. etc.

[montana05]

Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Robert Heinlein, Dave Langford, Larry Niven, Dan Simmons, etc. etc.

Thanks for the hints:

Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

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Yup. One to go.

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Clue time, I suppose:

One of the authors I named has written about a form of matter transmission that could potentially blow up the galaxy (and may have already done so)
One has matter transmitters limited by conservation of energy and momentum, which gets interesting over interstellar distances
One has cities built across multiple worlds joined by matter transmission.
One has matter transmission that creates a duplicate of the original.

Hope this helps.