• (Meetpoint) Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 12:54:50 2025
    Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh

    Union technocrats had a plan for Gehenna, a plan that failed to
    take into account local conditions.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/best-laid-plan

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Tue Oct 7 09:19:57 2025
    On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 12:54:50 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh

    Union technocrats had a plan for Gehenna, a plan that failed to
    take into account local conditions.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/best-laid-plan

    You omitted the bit where there was special "tape" available to allow
    the azi to produce new humans. Depending on when what was published,
    this may have been the first indication that the azi were, in fact,
    fully human. In /Cyteen/ we learn that this is the case, and the only difference is how they are raised.

    And my memory may be playing tricks, but when the Alliance shows up,
    are not his children attending their father as he dies? Children who
    are fully integrated with the calibans?

    So that it's really only two generations or so for the main action?

    The last bit in the book may, indeed, be some time in the future.

    BTW, I found it to be a very good read, with twists, turns, and
    surprises. Next time I need a break from one or the other of my
    Kindles, I might re-read it. Again.
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