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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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.



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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-)

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