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==Use in other works==
In various other books, for example ''[[Ringworld]]'', Niven suggests that easy transportation might be disruptive to traditional behavior and open the way for new forms of parties, spontaneous congregations, or shopping trips around the world. The central character in ''Ringworld'', celebrating his birthday, teleports across time-zones to "lengthen" his birthday multiple times (particularly notable since the first edition had the error of the character heading the wrong direction, increasing that edition's value).

Niven's essay "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation" was published in the collection ''[[All the Myriad Ways]]''<ref>Niven, Larry, ''[[All the Myriad Ways]]'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.</ref> In it he discusses the ideas that underlie his teleportation stories.