Jumper (1992) (edit title/settings)

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• David Rice: Life starts off rough for his father is very abusive and his mother left. When he gets into a tough situation he realizes that he has the ability to Jump, to teleport. This ability changes his life forever.
• Millie Harrison: David's love interest. An older college girl.
• Mary Niles: David's Mother who left.
• Carl Rice: David's abusive alcoholic father.
• Brian Cox: NSA agent searching for David.

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• “I turned to Matar. "Remember. If you escape, I will find you. If they don't convict you, I will find you. If you ever kill again, I will find you. I assure you, you don't want that."”

  David Rice

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• “Banking, banking speculation.” I smiled slightly. I speculates whether there’s any money in a bank and I takes it.

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• “I have just one thing to say, then. And I hope you’ll report it to your superiors, of whom there must be many.” Cox narrowed his eyes. “Yes?” “We mean no harm to your planet,” I said. And jumped.

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• No problem is so big that it can’t be teleported away from: Linus, paraphrased.

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• “Sunnis make up about ninety percent of Muslims. They believe that the succession of caliphs was proper after Mohammed died. The Shiites believe that the rightful successors descended from Ali, Mohammed’s cousin, not his best friend, Abu Bakr. They believe that the rightful descendants have been assassinated and discriminated against ever since. “Sunnis tend to be more conservative and they don’t believe in a clergy or a liturgy. The only countries with Shiite majorities are Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain.”

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• Money doesn’t solve all problems, I thought. It just makes new ones.

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• Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination in which scientists put a man in a sealed tank and try to drown him, in hopes that he would “jaunt,” i.e. teleport, away from danger.

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• today I’ve been in Florida, London, Texas, and Oklahoma. There’s just one

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• Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State University

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Followed by Reflex.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Steven Gould (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( G ) › Gould, Steven
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Jumper (IMDb): 2008

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