On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 Talpianna at aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/10/2003 3:15:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU writes: >> I'm not qualified to speculate on this, but my gut tells me that FTL >> travel isn't possible in this universe. > I think the possibility is pretty well canvassed (and dismissed) in Poul > Anderson's TAU ZERO. > > talpianna What's this? Incidentally, is Poul Anderson worth reading? I must have encountered his work as a kid, but can't remember anything about him.