Science Fiction Trivia

[Thargoid]

I'd presume that's Scorpio, from Alastair Reynold's excellent Revelation Space series.

[Selezen]

Baron Harkonnen, DUNE.

[Lestradae]

I'd presume that's Scorpio, from Alastair Reynold's excellent Revelation Space series.

And over to you, this is correct!

(Though Selezen should get a bonus point for funny )

[Thargoid]

OK one I have to hand (having just finished it), as I'm travelling.

The descendants of a starship crew which mutinied and who now live in tribes and have titles that reflect the job roles of their ancestor crewmembers such as chairman and scientist. But following a series of events in the book, they once again encounter the ship and its cyborg "adviser".

Name the book and author.

[SandJ]

The descendants of a starship crew which mutinied and who now live in tribes and have titles that reflect the job roles of their ancestor crewmembers such as chairman and scientist. But following a series of events in the book, they once again encounter the ship and its cyborg "adviser".

Is this one of the EarthQuest series?

[Thargoid]

Nope, although the author has written well known series's

[Cody]

It sounds rather like Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky... is it?

[Rxke]

Herbert's series?

Destination: Void, Lazarus effect and... Ascencion(?)

[Thargoid]

Nope to both of you.

[Gimbal Locke]

The descendants of a starship crew which mutinied and who now live in tribes and have titles that reflect the job roles of their ancestor crewmembers such as chairman and scientist. But following a series of events in the book, they once again encounter the ship and its cyborg "adviser".

Name the book and author.

"Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny?

[Thargoid]

Nope.

Next clue - the local neutron star and planets are all named after the original mutineers too, or at least corruptions of their names. And the information databank relics from the ship are commanded in Russian.

[Cody]

... the local neutron star and planets are all named after the original mutineers too, or at least corruptions of their names....

The Integral Trees, by Larry Niven?

[Thargoid]

Dat's der bunny! And quite good it is too.

Your turn.

[Cody]

And quite good it is too.

Agreed - be sure to read the sequel The Smoke Ring. Now to try and think-up a question.

[Cody]

A couple of centuries into the future, Earth has suffered massive climatic disasters, and the search is on to find a new home for humanity, using FTL ships.
However, an enigmatic alien artifact is discovered on a moon, and other artifacts are subsequently found in several newly-explored systems.

Title and author of this novel, please.