(urth) Heinlein's Universe and The Long Sun
Gerry Quinn
gerry at bindweed.com
Mon Jan 27 08:46:19 PST 2020
On 27/01/2020 15:52, Gem Caccetta wrote:
> Hi Gerry--I certainly would expect Wolfe to expand on (and make more
> interesting!) the generation ship saga. I was seeing the similarities
> as more of a possible homage to Heinlein.
> Oh, and another similarity I forgot to mention: in Heinlein's story
> the descendants are called "Freight".
> -Gem
Indeed, that's a telling similarity. It seems very much like the
Heinlein was on his mind!
- Gerry Quinn
>
> On January 27,2020 Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> Certainly a few commonalities there - two headed mutants aren't
> exactly a dime a dozen! But that said, there are a lot of generation
> ship sagas with some similar features. Wolfe's Long Sun is unusual
> for avoiding the trope of complete forgetfulness. The Crew (and the
> Gods/Mainframe) know what the deal is, though it looks like they are
> paralysed without orders from Pas, or they don't know how to persuade
> the Cargo. And the Cargo - or the educated ones - actually know they
> are on a generation ship too, though they have put it to the back of
> their minds in favour of matters related to day to day life (I think
> Wolfe suggested BotNS itself has a similar theme). Kind of like how
> everyone on this whorl ignores global warming insofar as it means any
> change in lifestyle!
>
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