Consider the relationship between imagination and education. Do menial jobs and tasks go only to those who are uneducated or lack imagination?

Explore the nature of leadership. Is it truly limited to those with a vision for the future or the Will to create one?

Discuss the evolution of Gully Foyle. Is he born aboard the Nomad or in the fires of the PyrE detonation?

Explain Foyle's belief that the common man must be free to destroy himself or evolve, rather than blindly following more powerful men who assert themselves.

Discuss the fact that in Foyle's time, women have been consigned back to the seraglio because of jaunting. Why would the advent of jaunting strip the rights of women?

Explain how self-perception and self-awareness affect an individual's actions. When does Gully Foyle become truly self-aware?

Discuss the ramifications the discovery of space jaunting could...