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* In the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' books, this falls within the telekinetic skill called 'Fetching'. A skilled Fetcher can move living things without harming them; under duress they can even move themselves. Companions and other magical beings (Firecats most notably) can move themselves and a passenger this way, though it's [[Teleportation Sickness|somewhat unpleasant]], especially if they make a number of 'Jumps' in a row.
* Septimus and Marcia Overstrand in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' use teleportation spells a few times. These have a rather long lag time between the start and the end of the process, which results in a few troubles.
* Ron Goulart's ''The Emperor of the Last Days'' not only has teleporting as a commonplace means of transportation, but a character named Deadend has a psychic ability that's unusually versatile, even for the setting. Deadend can lock on to and teleport things without having previously known their size, shape, or exact whereabouts. "All he had to do, he wasn't sure why, was to get in the vicinity and think about what he was after. Inside his head would come a picture. Then he concentrated, willed the thing to move." He can also use this for [[...And Show It to You]].
* In ''The Phoenix Legacy'' by M.K. Wren, the matter transmitter was a new technology developed by the Society of the Phoenix. Not only was it useful to them in their revolutionary efforts against the Concord, but it could also potentially make obsolete the transportation cartel which was the [[Big Bad]]'s main source of power. People who needed to be retrieved by "MT" had to wear transponders called "MT fixes" to let the distant system lock on to them.
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