Onion:Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Everything Mysterious To 'Quantum Flux'

[nightingblade]

Thought it might be of interests of some authors... (and readers of course)

Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Everything Mysterious To 'Quantum Flux'

A reading of Gabriel Fournier's The Eclipse Of Infinity reveals that the new science-fiction novel makes more than 80 separate references to "quantum flux," a vaguely defined force the author uses to advance the plot, resolve conflict as needed, and account for dozens of glaring inconsistencies.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

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Sadly, Fournier is late to the party. Other writers have called this mysterious cosmic element or force "baloneyium."

 

[Deranged Nasat]

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Sadly, Fournier is late to the party. Other writers have called this mysterious cosmic element or force "baloneyium."

Ah, but thanks to quantum flux both quantum flux and baloneyium can simultaneously be considered the first and true term.

 

[Thor Damar]

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I do believe that it is due to the transperambulation of pseudo-cosmic antimatter, or something to that effect.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

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I do believe that it is due to the transperambulation of pseudo-cosmic antimatter, or something to that effect.

*nods confirmation*. I do believe you may be right there.

 

[Thor Damar]

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^ It must be a tradition, or an old charter or something.

 

[JustKate]

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As Terry Pratchett puts it, "It's all gone quantum."

 

[Paris]

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The singularity has exploded! We'll need to go at least 12 parsecs in order to outrun it!...and shit

 

[Turtletrekker]

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Kinda sounds like the "Infinite Improbability Drive" from THGttG.

 

[Greg Cox]

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Dare I admit that I cited "quantum fluctuations" in a story I wrote last week?

 

[JustKate]

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Ah, heck - I think every sci-fi book should mention quantum fluctuations at least once. It's, like, traditional.

 

[Gotham Central]

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Can't this all be addressed by reversing the polarity of something?

 

[rahullak]

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Funny how Heisenberg compensators make quantum fluctuations magically disappear.