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In a sense, yes. Exploration is very difficult - most of the known settled stars were explored by STL before Jump was known, thus you already knew what was on the other end - i.e. food and fuel - before exploring a Jump route. All of this long serie…
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(Quote) Capella is a strange character indeed.
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Patrick is a spy for one faction of the Mazianni, the one time Earth Company navy shattered by the war, and now turned pirate. Signi Mallory's Norway works for Pell and is 'legitimated' as the Alliance Navy. The others are on the run or destroyed. C…
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BTW, Cherryh never gives infodumps like the previous. You learn by inference and experience.
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Downbelow is the hisa (aka downer) name for their planet. It's a quasi-habitable world for humans, who need supplemental oxygen there, just as hisa need lesser amounts of oxygen and use masks when working on the station. The Human name for Downbelow…
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Her name is Beatrice Perrault, Gaby Perrault's aunt. She is the Corinthian's truly excellent pilot, and a prima donna bitch. She is mostly offscreen throughout the story, but omnipresent by implication. Often the unnamed pilot pulls shit with the sh…
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Cherryh was a huge influence on StarCluster, no question! I also wrote a supplement called Merchanters and Stationers which works with StarCluster 4 Free - or any StarCluster 4 game - to really Cherryh-ize the game, but I only give it away to someon…
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(Quote) As have I. (Quote) Yes! That is a book I would be fascinated to read, and why I asked that question.
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(Quote) My mistake! Saby is the NIECE of Christian's mother, and thus Christian's cousin. She is still no blood relation to Tom, however.
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Saby was Christian's mother's much younger sister, IIRC. Thus no relation to Tom.
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I am currently re-reading it again in preparation!
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(Quote) :D
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(Quote) Huh... I read Lost City of Z, and had utterly forgotten the Author's name!
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(Quote) Exactly!
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Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian is an Aubrey/Maturin novel concerning a ship's crew surviving on the islands of Kerguelen in the far south of the Indian Ocean, and is riveting. His fictionalized book on the Wager affair, The Unknown Shore is g…
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I actually liked both Cheap and Bulkley the most. I felt both had very valid points, and their prideful antagonism created the rest of the story. Byron was playing Hamlet.
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Did the stories influence the Court Martial? Of course it did! Did it change the Court's opinion? Who knows? Any ship lost requires the Captain be Court Martialed. Without exception if the Captain is living. That was going to happen regardless. Did …
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I would entirely agree with Mr. Abbott here. There was wide latitude for interpretation and enforcement, and the Courts Martial used their discretion, tacitly agreeing with the justification.
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I literally grew up with Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat and Mr. Midshipman Hornblower on the bookcase built into my bed, and they were favorite reading for my early childhood; and I have read immense amounts of naval fiction, particularly Age of Sai…
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(Quote) No. it's derived from "fleet" meaning fast moving. Something which is 'fleeting' moves past very quickly. See also 'flit'.
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I read a couple Norton books when I was a teen, and that was it. Didn't make any particular impression on me, one way or the other. Never sought her out or avoided her. Other people sing her praises, so I welcome a chance to see if I missed somethin…
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(Quote) I didn't say it was a clever pun... :o
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That was a pun! :D
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Which world?
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I don't have a problem with award winning books just because they won awards, so while I may be in the minority, it's not one sided. I like Martha Wells, and the other two sound very interesting as well!
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Huh! I love Becky Chambers. I didn't remember you being so anti when we read Small Planet...
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(Quote) Ha! Interesting thought!
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(Quote) Agreed!
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(Quote) Generally I experience novels as imaginary films, which can get very visceral, but I would never ever conceive of going into a book and meeting a character. I guess that is what some people did in Star Trek TNG's holo rooms now that I think …
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(Quote) I couldn't wait! These stories always charm the pants off me! (Quote) I would think Fantasy has become synonymous with Tolkien for most people - certainly to the mass public. The fact that there was a fantasy genre before Tolkien utterly re…