In Chapter 3: ion drive; free fall and EVA; ramjet.
In Chapter 4:
a garden with a view of space and stars described as "Sable and diamonds..." (p. 34);
ferns, orchids etc;
a glittering, tinkling fountain;
warm, moist, perfumed air;
whispering, shivering, vibrating energies of the Bussard system.
Four senses?
Does that spaceship look like the Enterprise?
4 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Not in the least! I find the "Leonora Christine" far superior and vastly more convincing as a SPACE SHIP than I ever did the "Enterprise."
And it makes sense, assuming the room and facilities exist, for a space ship to have a garden. For both practical and psychological reasons.
Sean
@ Sean: the cover picture looks vaguely Enterprise-like, which I suspect was the idea.
*I like the idea of gardens on a ship for the reasons given. It seems that the tech of the L C's time is such that "every gram counts" no longer applies. Do we have any guestimates of L C's dimensions?
Cheers,
Keith
*I also like the ide of a living, organic/semi-organic ship, e.g. "Moya" in Farscape, but NOT "Lexx" in Lexx.
Both,
Yes, I meant the ship in that cover illustration rather than as described in the text.
I would have to check whether we are told about dimensions.
Paul.
Kaor, Keith!
No, I had the ship as described in TAU ZERO in mind, not the usually terrible cover illustrations.
And I think every gram will continue to matter! Simply adding a garden was another of building in fail safes and widening one's options, IMO.
Sean
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