Douglas Phillips
I got this question by email and it's a good one because the book (Quantum Void) never explains! Slight spoiler alert.
First, Aastazin (Zin to his friends) couldn’t have arrived on Earth via the portal because he had to first get to Earth to build it. So, he must have arrived via the black wedge that was hanging around the lost Soyuz capsule and was later spotted orbiting Core (Quantum Space). Perhaps the wedge has a passenger compartment inside and it got very close to Earth from a 4-D perspective, so close that Zin simply stepped out on the surface. Since Zin isn’t biological, the transition from 4-D to 3-D didn’t kill him. Maybe he just materialized in NASA’s lobby at Kennedy Space Center and caused the poor receptionist to freak out? Just a theory. 😊
First, Aastazin (Zin to his friends) couldn’t have arrived on Earth via the portal because he had to first get to Earth to build it. So, he must have arrived via the black wedge that was hanging around the lost Soyuz capsule and was later spotted orbiting Core (Quantum Space). Perhaps the wedge has a passenger compartment inside and it got very close to Earth from a 4-D perspective, so close that Zin simply stepped out on the surface. Since Zin isn’t biological, the transition from 4-D to 3-D didn’t kill him. Maybe he just materialized in NASA’s lobby at Kennedy Space Center and caused the poor receptionist to freak out? Just a theory. 😊
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Surya
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Douglas Phillips:
I really liked the idea of 'Core' being some kind of AI (as I understand so far) as opposed to being a 'living being'. Will there be any more quantum books, and if so, would they touch upon the Why and How of Core's existence ? It would be interesting to also know how Core passes operational information around given the limitation of speed of information transmission capped at speed of light.
Douglas Phillips
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Douglas Phillips:
I have a question about your discussion of critical density in the afterward to Quantum Void. You explain that to the extent we can measure it, the amount of mass in the universe is exactly the amount needed to cancel the expansive force. So why then is the universe expanding? Wouldn’t it just be at a “standstill”? John Toto (via email)
Douglas Phillips
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Douglas Phillips:
This question came in via email: Early on in Quantum Space, Nala does what she considers to be an illegal download. Later on, with the Corporate and FBI pushes, this never surfaces. Her earlier action is very relevant to her "innocence" yet is totally ignored. Am I missing something?
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