Kind of Murder, A

Author:

Niven, Larry

Publication date:

1974-04

Publication type:

Short Story

Published:

Analog, April 1974

Opus No.:

Setting:

Flash Crowd/Teleportation

Characters:

Capt. Hennessey

Summary:

A teleportation tale in the vein of "The Alibi Machine." With the advent of instantaneous travel in the form of JumpShift Booths, there's no longer any easy escape from those annoying people we'd much rather avoid. So what's the alternative when they just won't leave you alone no matter where you go?

Notes:

Teleportation crime story

Reprints:

anthology, Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear, 1982, Davis Publications, edited by Cathleen Jordan; Futurecrime, ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Fine 1992; Cyber-Killers, ed. Ric Alexander, Orion/Millennium 1997; Hole in Space, A