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From: "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: (Review) In the Shadow of the Ship by Aliette de Bodard
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:04:00 +1100
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On 21/11/24 16:10, James Nicoll wrote:
> In article <vhmdcb$gn32$1@dont-email.me>,
> Default User <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> 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-)