Talk:Hyperspace (science fiction)

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[edit] Merge Notice

Just added a metge notice at the top. People are more likely to look under Hyperspace than Hyperdrive, ya? Davidpk212 20:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm inclined to think the merge is good idea. With redirects, of course, so that looking up "hyperdrive" would link you to the "hyperspace" article. KarlBunker 22:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I vote against the merge/move for now. There are currently three articles on traditional science fiction FTL drives: jump drive, warp drive, and hyperdrive. Hyperdrive is as relevant a search term as hyperspace. I agree that hyperdrive and hyperspace are related concepts but even if merged that does not mean that the term "Hyperdrive" should only go to the BBC TV series. If anything, we may need a disambiguation page. Rillian 22:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

If the proposal has one more vote, I'll do the business and merge it. Davidpk212 18:34, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Merging, even though it didn't get another vote. Davidpk212 16:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

I undid the merge to continue the discussion. Two votes after just three days of discussion does not constitute a consensus. Rillian 22:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I think Rillian has some good points, so I'll change my vote to no merge. KarlBunker 23:34, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nothing about Stargate

This article should include something about its usage in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Tobyk777 06:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History of the concept

The current organization of the article is kind of useless, as it gives no sense of the history or development of the concept, just giving a bunch of different uses of it in apparently random order. Wouldn't it make sense to (at least) put all these usages in chronological order, if not to actually try to determine what the original usage of the term is? john k 23:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I think Asimov first popularized the idea. I agree that this article is sadly lacking when it comes to a history of the concept. Onionhound 20:54, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is a Mess

Why are all these diferent fictional universes listed here ? This topic should be better organized and the specifi information moved to the correct location in the series/universe tree. — Written by anonymous (200.198.94.130) 2006-05-30 01:55:34

  • I agree, the fictional universe info doesn't belong here. Some of the information could be used to briefly summarize the development of the concept better. Reorganization is needed. — Written by Onionhound 2006-06-10 05:35:45
  • The Warhammer paragraph especially needs rewriting. It's a huge single paragraph. Very difficult and uninviting to read. —Bisqwit 16:53, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I tried to rework the Warhammer paragraph as best I could but it's unwieldly and needs an expert. I agree with Anon and Onionhound. Most of the info here belongs elsewhere. I don;t object to the format but perhaps it would be better to have a sentence or two, compares interesting/notable similarities/differences and link to elsewhere? Palendrom 01:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
    • I tend to think of hyperspace as a sci-fi concept. Is there anything in the Warcraft universe that specifically states it is related to hyperspace, and not merely to some magical plane? If not, I say let it go! On a related issue, would now be a good time to create a hyperspace in computer and video games article to place some of these in fiction bits? Muad 05:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Tagged for cleanup due to spelling errors, use of first person, original "research", in-universe presentation, etc. 71.232.57.59 04:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Where have those tags gone? The spelling errors might have been cleaned up, but the rest of the (dare I say it...) crap remains. It's like sitting through an especially bad episode of Star Trek. CatBoris 17:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hyperspace in Star Wars?

Is this image accurate? I seem to remember star wars ships "jumping to light speed," (which presumably keeps them in truespace) not making use of any kind of hyperspace drive - though I could be mistaken. --NEMT 08:46, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

  • They call it a "jump to light speed" in the dialogue but refer to the mechanism that gets them there as a "hyperdrive," so it seems it could be interpreted various ways. In any case, the image is highly evocative of the concept. 24.124.16.165 08:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Instrumentality of Mankind

Is the section on Space2 in the Instrumentality universe accurate? I believe the rats/dragons of Space2 have nothing to do with the Great Pain of space from the era's of Scanners and Habermen. Wasn't the threat of the rats/dragons was first in the story "The Colonel Came Back from the Nothing-at-All"? Freelancepolice 21:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

  • And where are the spoiler warnings! Egads! Muad 05:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hyperspace.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)