Indistinguishable From Magic

Speculations And Visions Of The Future

Antigravity Machines! (six kinds) Space Warps! Black Holes! Strange Matter! Time Machines! Reactionless Drives! Faster Than Light Drives! All the known ways to build real starships! Finally, someone who puts the science back in science fiction! Robert L. Forward, Ph.D. and physicist to the stars, gives us a tour of the real far-out physics theory being discussed by scientists today—and then shows us what it's all for in his science fiction stories showing people utilizing those theories, and the impact they will have a future that is —

Indistiguishable from Magic

Cover art by David Mattingly

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, January 2002

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Copyright (c) 1995 Dr. Robert L. Forward
"Far Out Physics" copyright (c) 1975 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. Future Magic copyright (c) 1988 by Robert L. Forward. "Turn Left At The Moon" copyright (c) 1987 by Robert L. Forward. Modified version first published in Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics, Robert L. Forward and Joel Davis (John Wiley & Sons, NY, 1988). "Fading Into Blackness" copyright (c) 1988 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. "Race to the Pole" copyright (c) 1989 by Robert L. Forward. "The Singing Diamond" copyright (c) 1979 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Omni. "Acceleration Constant" copyright (c) 1986 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. "Twin Paradox" copyright (c) 1983 by Robert L. Forward. Shorter version first published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact. "A Matter Most Strange" copyright (c) 1988 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Microverse. "Self_Limiting" copyright (c) 1992 by Robert L. Forward. First published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact.