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> However, they do know that the stasis bubble containing Alice will eventually open up and pop Alice back into the current time. In the first book, IIRC, they
by Shorel 4y ago
> However, they do know that the stasis bubble containing Alice will eventually open up and pop Alice back into the current time.
In the first book, IIRC, they did not know that, and in fact believed the spheres would last forever.
The spheres were used like nukes, in a very indiscriminate way. Whole armies were sphered in a short time.
Many years after, when the first sphere popped, they realized a new way of time travel just opened.
- doctor_eval 4y agoYes, I definitely remember that. Whole cities were carved out from the ground. And didn’t the bubbles also appear to be weightless? Or massless? And would float? I remember thinking at the time that they kinda reflect everything, including gravity, though the book probably had a better explanation that I don’t remember.
- z2trillion 4y agoThe bobbles retain their mass. There is a scene in the book where a bobble floats aways because it was created during the day, and at night the surrounding air cools enough for the bobble to effectively become a hot air balloon. As far as I know, the book doesn't cover if the bobble retain their angular momentum or charge.
- pontifier 4y agoThere's a vivid scene where they create a tiny bobble above a candle to catch the hot air. I always wondered if creating a bobble around an off-center weight would allow you to kind of spin it by wobbling it. There were some places where large pieces of land unbobbled without any relative movement, so maybe they were locked in their rotation somehow? I really liked that book a lot.
- sliken 4y ago> Whole armies were sphered in a short time. Yes, till it got easy to make the bubbles. All you have to do to prevent being bubbled, was to carry a bubble. Doesn't prevent cutting you in half though, assuming they guessed the right half, so you might want to carry a few.