TUCSON, Ariz. - Marylandian -- Author Larry R. Wasion highlights Jump Gate I: Time Chair, the first in his series. It's a sci-fi novel blending time travel, suspense, tech, and resilience. As the opening chapter, it introduces an unusual time machine, high-stakes experiments, and a universe of teleportation, interstellar travel, and jump-gate tech.

In Jump Gate I: Time Chair, Wasion introduces a story built around a thought experiment that grew into a larger interconnected series. The book focuses on a unique time machine with strange limitations and possibilities, laying the groundwork for subsequent books, including Jump Gate II – Teleporter. Wasion notes that the concept started as a collaborative idea and expanded into a science fiction series centered on invention, consequence, and discovery. The novel is deeply personal for Wasion, completed after Dennis Stahl's death, fulfilling a promise and dedicating the book to him. Stahl's encouragement inspired the story, and the book launched the series.

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Wasion's background provides a unique perspective on his fiction. He describes a life including music, military service, manufacturing leadership, and advanced technical work. He served four years in the U.S. Navy, worked in high-tech and manufacturing sectors, contributed to space shuttle safety, supported projects related to the Titanic and deep-ocean imaging, helped with Gulf of Mexico oil well response work, and participated in Antarctic sensor and cable projects for neutrino research. His real-world experience with pressure, engineering, and innovation shapes the tone and scope of his fiction.

Jump Gate I: Time Chair embodies Wasion's belief that sci-fi doesn't need to be dystopian to be engaging. He aims to write adventurous stories with danger, sabotage, espionage, and extraordinary events, while maintaining optimism. This gives the series a unique identity, blending technical ideas with excitement, imagination, and hope. Originally published as a first edition in 2023, Jump Gate I: Time Chair remains the entry point to Larry R. Wasion's broader, multi-book science fiction vision.

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About the Author

Larry R. Wasion is a science fiction author whose professional and personal journey spans music, military service, and advanced manufacturing and technology work. According to the manuscript's "Meet the Author" section, his background includes live and studio sound work for rock, blues, and jazz bands, four years of service in the U.S. Navy, and leadership roles in technical and manufacturing environments tied to space, deep-sea imaging, Antarctic sensor systems, and other high-pressure engineering projects. As a novelist, Wasion writes science fiction adventures built around ingenuity, risk, and optimism about the future.