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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/01/2020 15:52, Gem Caccetta
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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. </div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Oh, and another similarity I
forgot to mention: in Heinlein's story the descendants are
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<p>Indeed, that's a telling similarity. It seems very much like the
Heinlein was on his mind!</p>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">On January
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<div><font size="3">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) </font><font
style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" size="3">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 </font><span
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size="3">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!</font></span></div>
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