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  • (Review) In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 10 12:59:37 2024
    In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard

    Starship Nightjar transcended its limitations to keep most of its
    crew alive and comfortable after the war. Best not to ask what that
    entailed.

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Thu Nov 21 04:36:27 2024
    James Nicoll wrote:

    In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard

    Starship Nightjar transcended its limitations to keep most of its
    crew alive and comfortable after the war. Best not to ask what that
    entailed.

    I will see if the library has this one. I have enjoyed some of her
    previous works in this universe.

    You mentioned the Franson novel of similar name. That was odd in that,
    to me anyway, it read like the sequel to some other book that doesn't
    exist. There was an entire prior plot of how the Earthman protagonist
    and his "flatcat" buddy, make their was to the worlds of the odd
    subspace connecting roads between worlds, the "waybeasts" that provide
    travel, and such.


    Brian

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to Default User on Thu Nov 21 05:10:26 2024
    In article <vhmdcb$gn32$[email protected]>,
    Default User <[email protected]> wrote:
    James Nicoll wrote:

    In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard

    Starship Nightjar transcended its limitations to keep most of its
    crew alive and comfortable after the war. Best not to ask what that
    entailed.

    I will see if the library has this one. I have enjoyed some of her
    previous works in this universe.

    You mentioned the Franson novel of similar name. That was odd in that,
    to me anyway, it read like the sequel to some other book that doesn't
    exist. There was an entire prior plot of how the Earthman protagonist
    and his "flatcat" buddy, make their was to the worlds of the odd
    subspace connecting roads between worlds, the "waybeasts" that provide >travel, and such.

    Franson wrote a second book in the series in 2018: Sphinx Daybreak.
    I have not read it.



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  • From Gary R. Schmidt@21:1/5 to James Nicoll on Mon Nov 25 23:04:00 2024
    On 21/11/24 16:10, James Nicoll wrote:
    In article <vhmdcb$gn32$[email protected]>,
    Default User <[email protected]> wrote:
    James Nicoll wrote:

    In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard

    Starship Nightjar transcended its limitations to keep most of its
    crew alive and comfortable after the war. Best not to ask what that
    entailed.

    I will see if the library has this one. I have enjoyed some of her
    previous works in this universe.

    You mentioned the Franson novel of similar name. That was odd in that,
    to me anyway, it read like the sequel to some other book that doesn't
    exist. There was an entire prior plot of how the Earthman protagonist
    and his "flatcat" buddy, make their was to the worlds of the odd
    subspace connecting roads between worlds, the "waybeasts" that provide
    travel, and such.

    Franson wrote a second book in the series in 2018: Sphinx Daybreak.
    I have not read it.


    I'm reading it, bit by bit, as it's not holding my attention, and there
    have been Other Things(TM) going on, such as preparing to move and then
    moving.

    I wonder how it will connect to "The Shadow of the Ship", the two main characters in TSotS are there, and it's definitely an Alternate Earth
    scenario.

    Cheers,
    Gary B-)

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