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Alliance-Union books: spoiler alert

There is the general spoiler page for general questions.

I’m making this set of pages for more specific questions.

The rule is: do not ask or comment about a book until it has been at least a month in issue. I think that will make everybody happy re spoilers.

416 comments to Alliance-Union books: spoiler alert

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  • knnn
    November 4, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    CJ, you mention in many posts that you wish for CC to be successful. I cant help but think you need some kind of blockbuster to make it happen. I for one would love to see a huge inter-galactic Union Alliance novel to merge and wrap up all the loose ends flowing throughout the series.

    • Ragi-at-heart
      January 11, 2013 at 2:06 pm

      If not a big huge blockbuster, what about some other views – like that of an in-system pusher ship at Russell’s that gets involved with shunting stuff to the Mazianni or some other faction?

      What about a story set on Eversnow? Something to do with the terraforming?

      Maybe a novel about Cyteen’s (and really, Reseune’s) efforts to help psych the population of Earth into being less xeno and space phobic?

      A story set on Mars after the fall/absorbtion of MarsCorp?

      A novel about ECS1 Gaia, or the lost inhabitants of Beta Station?

      A short story about the “Jinxed Miriam B”?

      There are so very many stories I’d love to see explored and be glad to purchase in eBook (or hardcover if you publish with Lulu or someone)

      I’d love it, and I’d be first in line!

  • knnn
    November 5, 2012 at 1:05 am

    Oops! Seems I asked for too much. Cant blame me for dreaming!

  • knnn
    November 5, 2012 at 1:25 am

    Well, you usualy write at the personal level, not the Galactic scale. But you hint at huge things in the background, kind of like Tolkien, who wrote when mapping out the TLOTR, that he wanted to hint at a lot of history and lore in the backround of a personl adventure story. So does the AU have a lot of recurring iconic characters and major political strands that chug on in the background, and rear their heads every now and again like Captain Harlock. I think Stephen Donaldson tried to do it for you in the Gap series, but failed miserably; Although the finale, This Day all Gods Die, was brilliant AU fanfic ;)

  • knnn
    November 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    I guess Merovin counts as an AU forum since its in the Mri peiod. I went back and reread Angel With the Sword. I think I last read it over 20 years ago! I had picked it up after Thieves World. God, what memories! Altair Jones is a great character. And the story just moves so fast. She reminded me of another of your female characters, also poles a boat, maybe from Morgaine but I cant remember exactly. I loved that character too, and I remember wishing she had remained in the story line as a main character! Now which book was she from? hmmm…

  • paul
    December 19, 2012 at 12:17 am

    Interested in tau Ceti? Saw this tonight.

    “Astronomers have detected five possible alien planets circling the star Tau Ceti, which is less than 12 light-years from Earth — a mere stone’s throw in the cosmic scheme of things. One of the newfound worlds appears to orbit in Tau Ceti’s habitable zone, a range of distances from a star where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface.”

  • michael.j.lacey
    December 19, 2012 at 2:13 am

    We really do need a nice large (crewed) expedition to check that out. Could you sort this for us with NASA/Virgin Galactic please cj?

    Oh, and the big scary au end tying novel? That would be just fine – for next xmas? :)

  • BlueCatShip
    December 19, 2012 at 8:01 am

    Good thing it’s not Ceti Alpha V ;) .

    Great article linked over in Shejidan on the Tau Ceti system find. The estimate there was over 800 planets, though it didn’t say how many might be Goldilocks zone with water, i.e. possibly human-habitable. Good odds, though, that when we can get out there, there will be resources to explore, and possible colonies. (Assuming, of course, they aren’t already inhabited. The odds on that could be interesting too.)

    So we have a possibility of knowing some little amount as the years go by, before we ever get to the systems.

    A manned mission? First we have to solve the problem of spaceships (STL) and starships (FTL) that can make a journey like that. But hey, bring it on!

  • joekc6nlx
    December 19, 2012 at 8:57 am

    Do you think we’d find Cetagandans there on Ceti Alpha V? Oh wait, different author….

    I wish we could find a means of circumventing Einstein’s theory, one that would allow us to construct a “sub-universe” that enables us to move with almost instantaneous travel to wherever we choose. Want to see the earliest galaxies? All you need are “Universal Coordinates”, recognize the velocity of the galaxy you’re interested in visiting, make the necessary calculations allowing for its velocity, and punch them in and go. Easy, right? I believe that somewhere along the line, quantum mechanics might find a way, but when? how? who knows? I like listening to Dr. Machio Kaku when he talks about what could be, if we only had the right keys.

  • Deesha
    January 2, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    Now that Astronomers have established that there really are planets in Alpha Centauri; is there any hope of revisiting the Union/Alliance/Sol Mazianni Universe? Either to explore what happened to the original Earth Station built there (in Alpha Centauri), or the possibility of a Mazianni base there?

  • Ragi-at-heart
    January 3, 2013 at 9:22 am

    Deesha – we know that there were mysterious transmissions coming from Beta (Alpha Cent) and that they were suspected. I got the impression that jumping to Alpha Cent was a difficult proposition, due to distances from Earth – and that somehow the shorter jump was either not economical or technologically prohibitive.

    But I think it would be interesting to see a story of the Mazianni and how they’re surviving after the Company Wars. At the same time, I’m fairly sure that Our Esteemed Author is deliberately keeping them mysterious.

    • Deesha
      January 17, 2013 at 8:44 pm

      As I followed the tech, both in Union/Alliance & also in Chanur, Short jumps between stars were nowhere near the problem that long jumps created. That point is moot however, as the root was simply discontinued pre FTL Tech level due to the mysterious loss of the station, and the emerging markets on other routes. Remember the Stations were originally built for commercial gain. It was simply never looked at again, after-all Sub-light ships have to expend a great deal of investment for a trip into the Deep, and with no station there (for whatever reason) refueling and returning to occupied space becomes Hazardous for no expected return.

      • Deesha
        January 17, 2013 at 8:46 pm

        ooops, The ‘Route’ was discontinued pre FTL

      • Ragi-at-heart
        May 3, 2013 at 10:46 am

        Sorry – I meant economically for the ships. I mean, that’s why Dublin Again and the other super-cargo ships were bypassing the Hinder Stars when they found Gaia Point – no need to spend all that time and fuel getting to Earth if they could just short hop from Pell/Mariner back to the Motherwell.

        Having looked into a similar jump situation for my own writing, and knowing that most of the jumps that feature in AU are roughly 6-8 lights, Alpha Cent’s kind of a cul-de-sac, and unless there’s something economically interesting, there’s no reason to reopen the star. Something tells me, however, that Earth’s military and AlSec have probably poked their nose in there, which is probably why a chunk of the Mazianni have gone off and away through Tripoint.

        • Deesha
          June 16, 2013 at 9:43 am

          Something of interest? Well the thing that drew the Sub-Light Stationers away from Earth Authority was the discovery of a Planetary System; it seems top me that knowing as we do now, that extra solar planets exist in this otherwise unexplored system, further investigation will take place. Difficult enough pre-FTL. Post FTL however such investigation might have been delayed by the war with Union controlled space, Clearly in the book ‘Cyteen’ mention is made of Sol (Earth) poking its nose in elsewhere. Might this be part of a link to the region of space referenced by ‘the Chanur books’? Might this also be linked into the Alpha Centauri System?

  • sleo
    May 11, 2013 at 7:34 am

    I’m a newcomer to this particular comment thread, but have posted in the Foreigner and Fantasy threads. I have yet to read all the AU books, but love the ones I have read. I’m popping in because I’m just finishing The Faded Sun and am LOVING IT! Only problem is that it’s only available in formats that have very small print and I’m wondering if, since it’s out of print, you have any plans to turn it into an ebook to be for sale at Closed Circle? Or perhaps I could nag Audible into making it available there.

    Upthread, someone mentions other mri books? Could someone tell me what they are?

  • CJ
    May 11, 2013 at 9:09 am

    There will be a DAW e-book, from Amazon/B&N.
    The Faded Sun is all there is, really.

    • Deesha
      June 16, 2013 at 10:40 am

      On the subject of E-Books. I live in Scotland, and so Amazon comes under a UK Prefix, not USA; searching for your books under this Prefix turns up very few of your books on Kindle. I have a kindle fire, and would like to continue my book buying using this as a medium, rather than paper. I have most of your books in paperback format but find that I need to downsize my library (hardback/paperback) down to the lack of room to keep them. Amazon seems from my search to cover three prefix’s. Amazon.com ;Amazon.uk ; and Amazon.CA:
      Amazon.com shows 3 books
      Amazon.uk shows 9 books
      Amazon.ca shows 20 books
      Sadly the particular titles that I want to keep are not showing, titles like cuckoo’s egg for example, and a great many besides.

      Is this something that you can comment on? Are there deals in progress to release some of these books world wide? and on kindle?

      Its curious though as in amazon.uk for example depending on how you search sometimes only four books show. Clearly there seems to be some glitches going on here.

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