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The First Expedition (Part 3)
The Sun's Vengeance reached Jalkelainen on the second of Malachite ( Read more... ) -
Voyage Index
It is harder than I expected to figure out how to link to specific LiveJournal entries --- I had to resort to screen-scraping to find the URLs.
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The First Expedition (Part 2)
The Sun's Vengeance floated free for the first time at dawn on Midsummer's Day of 1108. Thousands of people crowded along the docks and the seawall to watch the land give birth to her; thousands more paid up to a quarterring each to watch the shadow shows conjured up in every inn and public square. A motion in the city debates to rename the ship ( Read more... ) -
Double Thud
Fantasy & Science Fiction rejected both of the short stories I sent them this fall. I'm bummed, but at least they were quick about it... -
Five Books over Christmas
I finished four five books over the holidays (none of them technical). Herewith are potted reviews:
F.W. Mote: Imperial China 900-1800. 1136 pages, which took me almost three months to wade through in dribs and drabs; frequently repetitive (some facts about life during the Song period were repeated four times), but still an insightful, fascinating ( Read more... ) -
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Sadie's cat, Pasht, passed away during the night. It was her time: she was seventeen and a half, she'd been having small strokes, and had lost her appetite. Until a few months ago, though, she'd still hop up on the bed and rub her head against Sadie's before curling up and going to sleep, and she still managed to never be more than a couple of ( Read more... ) -
The First Expedition (Part 1)
Ryutaanan did not return to Ruuda-in-Ruuda until 1108. Selected by the East Wall maatila for the debates in 1106, she declined on the grounds of pregnancy. Kylliki's Aatu went in her place, with half a dozen of Ryutaanan's former students as aides.
Ryutaanan later recalled those three years as being the happiest in her life:
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A Question for all you LJ Fans
Is there a way to construct an index page, with links to particular journal entries? I'd like to start organizing The Voyage of the Unshadowed Land a little better...
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Well Tarred and Truly Masted (Part 9)
In the face of growing unrest, the leaders of the major factions moved ( Read more... ) -
Well Tarred and Truly Masted (Part 8)
The answer was not long in coming. While the Cloud had been at sea, the Clear Dawn chapter in Ruuda-in-Ruuda had decided to break with its leadership in Jalkelainen over the issue of Consent. "Overland!" their hired criers shouted on street corner after street corner. "Overland for vengeance, overland for justice, overland to victory!"
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