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Subject: Re: The Age of Fighting Sail in S P A C E !!
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:06:23 -0500
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On 11/20/2024 1:05 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
> Am I referring to David Weber's Honor Harrington series where the
> characteristics of the space drive cause warships to fight broadside to
> broadside? No. Am I referring to David Drake's Leary and Mundy series
> where the FTL drive uses "sails"? No.
> 
> I am referring to _Arabella and the Battle of Venus_ by David Levine
> which is the 2nd book in his Arabella series*. This takes place in a
> very strange solar system where breathable atmosphere exists in
> interplanetary space. So we have 2 fleets of large c. 1800 sailing ships
> (with 2 extra sets of masts set 120 degrees from the vertical ones) in
> space shooting at each other with muzzle loading black powder cannon.
> BTW, the commander of the British fleet is Admiral Horatio Nelson.
> 
> *Both "The Wreck of the Mars Adventure" which appeared in the anthology
> _Old Mars_ and "The End of the Silk Road" which appeared in the May-June
> 2014 issue of _F&SF_ belong to the same continuity. David Levine has
> stated that "tEotSR" was written for _Old Venus_ but was not accepted
> there.
> 

That's a wild scenario. Did they address the issue of wind resistance
causing planets to slow down and spiral into the sun?

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