jump n.
a journey through hyperspace n.; any (nearly) instantaneous travel over a large distance; cf. jump v.
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1932
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John W. Campbell, Jr.
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So far behind them now as to be almost lost in the far scattered universes, lay their own Island, and carefully they photographed and marked it. Then they photographed the Universe that now lay less than twenty million light years ahead. […] Carefully, running forward in jumps of five million light years, forty-five second drives, they worked nearer.
Invaders from the Infinite in Amazing Stories Quarterly Spring 217/2
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1945
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Isaac Asimov
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In grasshopper jumps of increasing magnitude, the trade ship was spanning the Galaxy in its return to the Foundation.
Dead Hand in Astounding Science-Fiction Apr. 57/2
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1952
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Isaac Asimov
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It took hours to reach a point far enough from star-mass distortion of the space fabric to make a Jump possible.
Currents of Space in Astounding Science Fiction Dec. 113/1
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1965
Samuel R. Delany
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Their technical means would not suffice for an interplanetary jump of more than six or seven million miles.
Ballad of Beta-2 13
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1966
Samuel R. Delany
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You wouldn’t think something that’s so flimsy and shakes around like that would fly or make stasis jumps.
Babel-17 iv. 152
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1974
Joe Haldeman
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From Kaph-35 we jumped to Samk-78, from there to Ayin-129 and finally to Sade-138. Most of the jumps were no more than a few hundred light years, but the last one was 140,000—supposedly the longest collapsar jump ever made by a manned craft.
Forever War (1976) 185
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1979
Douglas Adams
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‘No, don’t move…you'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.’ ‘What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?’ ‘You ask a glass of water.’
Hitch Hiker’s Guide to Galaxy vi. 49
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1980
David Brin
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Maybe people were more naturally intimate when they left Earth for the long Jump on Calypso.
Sundiver .xiv. 146
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1990
Anne McCaffrey
Jody Lynn Nye
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The ship was capable of running on its own power indefinitely in sublight, or making a single warp jump between short sprints before recharging.
Death of Sleep (1992) 300
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1992
Vernor Vinge
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In this part of The Beyond they could go a thousandth of a light-year on each jump—farther, but then the recompute time would be substantially worse.
Fire upon Deep (1993) 242
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1995
Amy Thomson
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Was the mother ship gone as well? Had the Kotani Maru made the jump to hyperspace? Could they still come back for her?
Color of Distance (1999) viii. 84
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2004
Linda Evans
John Ringo
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Private yachts that weren’t designed for hyper-L hops that long and dangerous. Merchant ships shot to pieces before they made the jump out.
Road to Damascus ii. 24 -
2016
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Alexander Freed
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Prepare the jump to hyperspace.
Rogue One: Star Wars Story 239
Research requirements
antedating 1932
Earliest cite
J.W. Campbell, in Amazing Stories Quarterly
Research History
Mike Christie found a citation in a 1973 reprint of Isaac Asimov's "The Currents of Space"; and subsequently verified the cite in the 1952 first magazine appearance based on correspondence with Tom Whitmore.Eva Snyder submitted a 1965 cite from Delany's "The Ballad of Beta-2".
Charlie Petit submitted a cite from a 1974 reprint of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1951 first edition, and also verified that the cite does not appear in the 1942 original magazine publication.
Imran Ghory submitted a cite from a 1995 reprint of Isaac Asimov's story "Escape"; Mike Christie verified the original August 1945 magazine appearance.
Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1993 reprint of Vernor Vinge's "A Fire Upon the Deep".
Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Douglas Adams' "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1979 first edition.
Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a 1992 reprint of Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye's 1990 "The Death of Sleep".
Katrina Campbell submitted a 1981 cite from Bob Shaw's "Galactic Tours: Thomas Cook Out of This World Vacations".
Brandon Ray submitted a cite from Isaac Asimov's "Dead Hand"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the April 1945 first magazine appearance.
Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a 1984 reprint of Norman Spinrad's 1983 "The Void Captain's Tale".
Ben Ostrowsky submitted a 2004 from Linda Evans and John Ringo.
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