“Toots and Casper had a baby named….” “Buttercup!” Bott sealed the last of his belt grenades, having checked the charge in each one. “How can you chat that way with a slave ship?” he asked Nubry. “Oh! Well,” The librarian shrugged three times in quick succession. “She’s not really that muchContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER 10”
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DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER 9
A Sheriff’s snip must contain a large number of well-trained troopers. Anything might come up which required their attention: the suppression of a revolt, the arrest of a governor-general (which might require defeating an entire planet’s military force), that sort of thing. The troopers aboard the Rhododendron were the best Sheriff Parimat had foundContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER 9”
DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER 7
The flange was tricky; it hadn’t been attended to in some time. Nubry had to shake the whole assembly to break off bits of corrosion while Bott eased out the faulty flange, trying not to let any bits of it fall into vital parts of the machinery. At least, he thought, she was pilotContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER 7”
FICTION FRIDAY: To a Degree
“You down there, Uncle Jack?” “Yep/” I felt my way down the stairs. My uncle is as cheap as he is eccentric, and though you’d think a man with a flair for machinery could change light bulbs, he likes to wait until he can’t tell a copper wire from his vise grips.Continue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: To a Degree”
DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER v
“Thousands of people!” she exclaimed. “Their thoughts and trophies! Oh no, they weren’t friends of yours, maybe; they wouldn’t agree with your every single word!” “But….” Bott said again. “But they had feet, too! And you can’t burn their memories and dreams into nothing just because they aren’t what you like best!”Continue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER v”
Dragonshelf and the Drover III
Bott’s head swung left and right as he fingered the grenades on his belt. There was no way to predict where danger waited: overhead, underfoot, forward, behind. He studied what seemed to be holes I the corridor walls. Were they ornaments, part of the structural design, or the aiming mechanisms of traps? LightsContinue reading “Dragonshelf and the Drover III”
DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER II
Bott stepped back onto the bridge and glowered at the delicate instrumentation. It had taken a day just to figure out how to flush the toilet. How long would it take hi to master flying the ship? His eyes passed across seats and control consoles so elegantly incorporated into the walls and floorContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER II”
DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER I
The curve of space, vast and beautiful beyond comprehension, was no more beautiful than the Drover. Immense for a ship as the immeasurable parabola was for the universe, she was the product of three generations of engineers trained from birth for her construction. The Drover had been intended for a century and more toContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER I”
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