2517 Location: Terraneau Galactic Position: Scutum-Crux Arm I sailed out of the Scutum-Crux Arm on a wrecked battleship and returned on a yacht . . . more or less. I rode a frigate to Gobi, then requisitioned the Salah ad-Din, a Perseus-class fighter carrier. In demographic terms, the ad-Din had ...
The tables stood a mere two feet off the ground. Tatami mats covered the floor from wall to wall. They had all left their shoes by the doorway. Freeman said, “We came here looking for Emerson Illych.” “I don’t know such a man,” said one of Yamashiro...