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 a few hardcovers and pbs available from Closed Circle, signed. Latest: Moonlover and the Fountain of Blood, Jane Fancher short story. Chernevog, part 2 of the Rusalka trilogy co-written by CJ and Jane; and Orion's Children, a tetralogy from Lynn. Plus, coming soon: e-books: Yvgenie, and books from Jane.
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Foreigner Series: Spoiler Alerts: Page 2 I’m giving the page a second section because page 1 was starting to behave oddly.
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I did have those figures about 3 moves ago.
Alas, they’re gone. But consider too they spent time in that radiation hell on their way in, and the mutation rate probably went up at that point.
One wonders of the incidence of cancer among Mospheirans. But then, the world of the Atevi seems to be colder, further from their sun? Or with less radiative output, perhaps? Interesting prospects.
Speaking of populations – I’ve long been curious as to the size of the station — is it the size of Pell? Smaller? Like Thule or one of the Hinder Stars outposts? Just me wool-gathering…
ISTR Pyanfar or Hilfy thinking about 300K stsho at Meetpoint. Incredible, I’ve always thought.
Well, they would have had a spike in mutations, before settling on atevi-earth (Atev’? Ateviin? Or the Lucas-ian “Aatevine’?
We really need to come up with a name for the planet!)
It depends on how zero-tolerant they were about donors to the Taylor’s Children legacy breeding post-exposure. Once “here”, the ongoing mutation rate would be reduced (perhaps dramatically), and it would remain to be seen if mutations “breed true”, vanish, or lurk as recessives.
Maybe Phoenix/Mospherian humanity has a higher percentage of redheads? :looks around hopefully:
I almost picture Mospheirans to look like Brazilians – an odd mix of features – dark skin, blue, blue eyes, red hair maybe, or blond but with epicanthic folds…
My kids have that, actually. They’re not Downs, my wife and I are both European descent, but her ancestry is from Alsace-Lorraine. Part of me wonders if her ancestors weren’t at some point assaulted by the Golden Horde…
Well, there was a Moorish general who made it that far—legendarily had a marriage with a princess of Lorraine, I think…and he was descended from the Eastern Med.
This feels like it fits well with
CJ’s work:
http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/survival_of_the_nicest/
I’m not sure if this has been mentioned before… couldn’t find it if it has. But on page 310 of Protector, it says:
<blockquote cite="This lord of Dojisigi clan, and aiji of a quarter of the Marid at the moment, was a fifteen-year-old spoiled brat of a girl, who had once expected to marry Tatiseigi’s nephew.”
I might be remembering incorrectly, but my brain is telling me “Tatiseigi” here should read “Geigi” since Tiajo was engaged to Baiji…
I grabbed up Foreigner a few days ago, not meaning to read it through. Once I get started…
Anyway I noticed the first printing date, November 1994, and realized it’s almost 20 years I’ve had Bren and Ilisidi, Tabini, Jago, Banichi in my life.
Just want to say thanks CJ!
Now that I’ve buttered you up, here’s the question:
I notice in foreigner Banichi is upset about the guild asassin shot by Cenedi in the courtyard. His reason is because it’s someone he knows well, who was trained by the same instructors.
So at the time you wrote that did you have in mind the internal guild conspiracy of Haikuti et al?
No, but I knew there was politics, and I knew Banichi had a history.
Just as a note, where *I* twigged to the problem within the Guild was exactly where Banichi and Algini began to lay hands on the proof, was the attack on Bren at Kajiminda, which was originally laid at the door of the Taisigi lord: but you’ll recall—*they* didn’t get any warn-off from the Guild. There was a massive ‘intelligence failure’ uncharacteristic of the Guild that led to Bren and Cajeiri going into harm’s way. And where they really had it, was the attack at Najida.
Politics. I’ve always liked the way you handle it. The abuse of power shown both clearly and subtly. Heroes who hold on to their ability to care for even unrelated others.
Well I think the guild conspiracy was a deft stroke. It fit perfectly with many things you had already written. It added a fascinating reason for things that were poorly understood.
Thanks!
I wonder just how many books or even story arcs Ms. Cherryh could write BEFORE we actually get to the birthday party. I admire greatly the incredible compression of plot in the books.