950 Tactical Demolition
It totally sticks," says terrowne proudly, having noticed her adoption of their new epithet for the free sethura nation (aka the sons of bitches).
500 In The Previous Episode of Sythkyllya
Cut Scene: In The Previous Episode Of Sythkyllya Immortality is a long business, and when you live forever, the world becomes something like a game. Cleo and Terrowne play house in various corners of the earth, walking back and forth and up and...
681 Gratuitous Tentacles
Save Point: Gratuitous Tentacles Somewhere On Exmoor, August, 1983 They lie prone just behind the rim of the slope for a few seconds, then Terrowne dares to raise his head for a swift fraction of a second, just to get a glimpse. "Holy hell, look at...
999 The End of the Way
Final Cut Scene: The End Of The Way Aftertime At the end of time, beyond life, beyond even death on arrival, they find themselves walking across the green places. The slow stream meanders, as always, just as it should be. Strange and beautiful...
902 The Kamikaze Fish
Save Point: The Kamikaze Fish Whenuapai Airbase, Auckland The Kamikaze Fish is a racing hydroplane flyer in the style of the novel 'Orbital Resonance', which is why it's far more fun to own than just some light aircraft of the sort that crashes...
502 The Old New World
Save Point: The Old New World Somewhere In North America, 1500's One of her earliest memories is of playing, literally, with the bronze keys of the clavichord and the skull to keep her company. The skull is a great friend and likes to listen to...
395 The Epitaph Of The Dragon
Ascension: The Epitaph of The Dragon Beautiful eerie softlight of deep time falls the rain on the bare rock my sorrows the sun the bones of the creatures far below crumbled stone marks forever the fall a second sun on the last day the fire...
994 The Default
But the audience would have been of better quality, more informed and deeply interested, and maybe some of them would have had the nerve and the skills to intervene, to drag an enraged young sethura off his brother.
575 Infang Journal
Save Point: Infang Journal The Island Of Infang, Somewhere In The Pacific _First Day Of Expedition (See associated schedule)_ _ _ The first day of the expedition, and we begin to make our way inland over the low grassy hills on the borderland of...
751 Heavy Metals
Save Point: Heavy Metals Somewhere In The Lower Arctic "What the hell is quap?" "Quap, or qwab, is this substance that washes up on remote beaches in certain parts of South America occasionally. Like every few centuries, as a consequence of which...
468 The Last of the First Ones
Save Point: The Last Of The First Ones Northern Ice Fields It takes her eyes a while to adjust against the brightness, before she realizes that what she is seeing is not a tomb, unlike the rest of the ancient barrows spread across the wilderness....
525 The Thunderbird Photograph
Save Point: The Thunderbird Photograph Somewhere In Arizona, April 1890 "All I can say is, it's fucking huge, whatever the hell it is," says the old man. The creature has been arranged in advance, at first by the light of simple torches and so...