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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Noam Blum

      in case folks missed it, the US / PK ships in Aristillus 1 and 2 * Henri Spaak * Oswaldo Aranha * Jose Arce * Nasrollah Entezam * Luis Padilla Nervo * Lester B. Pearson * Wan Waithayakon ...were all named after Presidents of United Nationshttps://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1484292572038283267 …

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      Noam BlumVerified account @neontaster
      One of the most interesting aspects of various sci-fi authors to me is what sort of naming scheme they use for spaceships in their universe. That and planet names, if they are universes where we occupy many new planets.
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      2/ the expat (Aristillus ships) very intentionally had an anarchic scheme / no scheme The rescue ship that freed the captives from the US / PK prison camp was "Deladrier", after the female pilot in Heinlein's Startship Troopers who rescues Johnny Rico's team.

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Noam Blum

      3/ there actually was one ship in the Aristillus novels named after a Rush album - the CNG (compressed natural gas) ship that had been retrofitted to compress air (my notes say 48,000,000 m^ air compressed to 60,000 m^3 to fit in tanks) & ship it to moonhttps://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1484294045971226626 …

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      Noam BlumVerified account @neontaster
      Love it. Lester B. Pearson makes me think of Rush's YYZ. Kudos if you get that connection. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1484293407119925255 …
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      4/ was named <drumroll plz> Grace Under Pressure. It is a very very small plot point, but it is made clear in the text of Causes of Separation that (a) the ship is in Lai Docks at Aristillus before the PK invasion (b) the PK invasion blows airlocks and wastes HUGE amts of air

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      5/ what happens off screen is that the cargo of the Grace Under Pressure is used to repressurize the tunnels of Aristillus after the catastrophic losses.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20

      6/ yes, I am extremely detail oriented yes, maybe even OCD yes, this is why Aristillus novels take me so long to write

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        2. NoHandsBelay‏ @NoHandsBelay Jan 20
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          But also what makes them so good.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP Jan 20
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          🤗 TY!

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