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| Author: | danlo60 [ Fri May 02, 2003 10:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Hi Shrike jr! I don't kno either but that was a fascinating post--please make many more and welcome to the Hangar! :winkgrin And now Danlo looked in that direction, too. He remembered that snowy owls mate in the darkest part of deep winter, and so along with this beautiful white bird perched in a tree a hundred feet away, he turned to face the sea as he watched and waited. Ahira, Ahira, he called out silently to the sky. Ahira, Ahira<i>Edited by: danlo60 at: 8/3/06 11:23 am </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat May 03, 2003 12:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Oh ,yes!! Welcome!! Well meet and true!! Thank you for that interesting post! I didn't know that there was a real world corresponding term/group to that governmental body! fascinating! Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 7/27/03 10:20 pm </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat May 03, 2003 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Moving on with more Endymion terms: Endymion -- a former major city on Hyperion; confiscated, evacuated, and restricted by the Pax, now virtually abandoned Raul -- the centaur-hero of a poem called the Garden Epic Aenea -- pronounced Ah-nee-a, daughter of Brawne Lamia, a profoundly unique person, who ebtered the Sphinx Time Tomb at the age of twelve following her mother's death Time Tombs -- since the time of the Fall they have been siezed and sealed off by the Pax; guarded by about 30,000 Pax troops Vatican Swiss Guard -- the most elite military force in the galaxy; it is said that a dozen Swiss Troops could defeat 10,000 Home Guard troops mercantilus -- space mercheants and interstellar freighters; puppets of the Pax Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 7/27/03 10:21 pm </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Wed May 14, 2003 6:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
orbital forest -- a "ringworld" formed of trees and watered by comets -- grown, tended, and occupied by Ousters Raspberry jam delta V -- deceleration achieved by Pax warships, which would kill the crews if the ships' containment fields were to fail Pax warship weaponry -- include hypervelocity and hyperkinetic waepons, the missiles of which are small starships in their own right CPB's -- energy beam weapons used by Pax warships Lucifer's Angels -- space-tailored Ousters who are tenders of the orbital forests Archangel Ship-- courier ship of the Pax -- Vatican's fastest ship and most secret weapon -- fast enough to travel in days what other starships do in months -- the accelleration and decelleration kill all crew members, who must then undergo resurrection priority resurrection -- a quick form of resurrection which is against the doctrine of the Church and pax -- high chance of a flawed person resulting from this particular process (normal ressurections take three days with 0% flaws, priority resurrections take three hours and have 50% chance of an "incomplete reintegration") Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 7/27/03 10:22 pm </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Tue May 20, 2003 3:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Pinion Plateau -- area of Hyperion where the Pax mines cruciform symbiotes Indigenie -- descendents of original seedship colonists on Hyperion; third class citizens after both Pax offworlders and descendents of the Hegira colonists AI's -- artificial intelligence; banned by the Church and Pax Legionaries of Christ -- used by the Pope as shock troops for difficult missions within the Church consequences of a failed priority resurrection -- weeks or months in a resurrection creche before successful revival post-resurrection confusion -- mental confusion which can last for hours or days after resurrection Papal-authority diskey -- gives bearer more power than planetary governors; can requisition ANY materials, help, or personnel needed from local Pax authorities C3ship -- comman, communications, and control; the command ship of a battle group COP -- combat orbitting patrol, covers every cubic meter of space within a combat area IR -- infared chameleon ploymer -- substance used to conceal military equipment camoflage fields -- fields used to conceal military equipment Pax combat armor --impact proof, energy resisitant, made of omnipolymer, built in medical treatments (such as tourniquets) and medical readouts, considered impermable and can withstand even plasma grenades inertial compensators -- fields in a starship which keep passengers from becoming smashed like jelly during accelleration Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell ****Tavern Wench of DOGMA, the Defenders of George Martin's Art****<i>Edited by: Duchess of Malfi at: 7/27/03 10:24 pm </i> |
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| Author: | danlo60 [ Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Let's see if duchy can answer this before Simmon's forum does: a member there just asked, "What are the names of the 8 labyrinthine planets, besides Hyperion?" ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i></i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
I already know that I cannot. I am overdue for a reread - of both the Hyperion/Endymion sequence and of the Illium/Olympos duology. ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
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| Author: | danlo60 [ Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Isn't the answer near the end of the second book? I'll take a look! ***** Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise. Fravashi saying (from the formularies of Osho the Fool) <i>Edited by: danlo60 at: 8/4/06 8:49 am </i> |
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| Author: | Duchess of Malfi [ Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
Well, skimming through the books before bed, there is a section early in Hyperion from the priests's journal which describes the common characteristics of the labyrinth worlds, but does not name them. In the American mass market paperback, you can find this passgae beginning on page 76. In Fall of Hyperion Dure discusses the labyrinth worlds on page 304. He says that 5 are in the Web and four in the Outback. Skimming around in the two Hyperion books, these names jumped out: 1. Hyperion 2. Armaghast, described as a frontier world 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. As you explore the Endymion books Danlo ,and when I get to my reread, we can fill in the blanks. ****************************************************** Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell <i></i> |
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| Author: | pan [ Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hyperion-Endymion: Project Glossary/Trivia |
| Author: | danlo [ Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:39 am ] |
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True! Very cool pan! Welcome to zee Hangar!!! |
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