this stop: the structure

[adelaidesean]

If you liked my story "A Map of the Mines of Barnath", then you might also like "Inevitable", which has just come out in the Strahan/Dozois collection New Space Opera 2. It's the first glimpse into the world of the Structure since "Barnath" was published, way back in 1994. It's the last until a much larger novella in Godlike Machines, hopefully this year. The collection as a whole is awesome, with people like Garth Nix, Cory Doctorow, Elizabeth Moon and many, many others crowding out little old me.  Here's the cover:

I had a lot of fun writing the story, which features two whole new space opera empires (the Guild of the Great Ships and the nasty Decretians) and has none of that real-physics nonsense of the Astropolis books. Here, when the characters want to go from one side of the galaxy to the other, they just go.  Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. Maybe one day I'll get around to writing the novel.

Comments

Re: as you tread the halls of sanity...

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

I think that's what I was trying to do with Geodesica, but my brain wasn't big enough.

Re: as you tread the halls of sanity...

[derekcfpegritz.livejournal.com]

Here you go! (http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php) That link will help you envision ten dimensions rather easily.

Also, I must admit I wasn't all that crazy about Geodesica--a lot of the ideas in it just didn't seem to mesh together smoothly--but I still enjoyed the narrative and the characters a great deal. I'd rather read BIG HUGE UNIVERSE-SPANNING fiction that doesn't exactly hold together in all aspects than read some tightly-plotted but extremely limited traditional narrative. I greatly respect writers whose reach exceeds their grasp! :)

Also, you may be interested in this new Creative-Commons-licensed RPG: Eclipse Phase (http://www.eclipsephase.com). Pure transhumanist awesomeness. I'm currently writing a few interlinked short stories set in their world. There are some ideas in there that clearly came from your work, so you may wish to contact the authors and throw some words at them as well if you've the time! As always, my stories involve weakly-godlike AGIs and mysterious intelligences that dwell between the stars and have a distinct aversion to baryonic sentience....

Re: as you tread the halls of sanity...

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Wow, that does look like fun! If I only had time... :-/