Cenotaxis
“"Cenotaxis" (Greek kenos empty + takis order) is a stand-alone story. It does, however, also sit between the first two novels in my Astropolis sequence, following the events and some of the characters of Saturn Returns. It is able, therefore, to pick up certain themes and run further with them than I had originally hoped to. Anachronism is one such, permeating every layer of this story, from its broad structure to the literary references that pepper the text.
The latter come from almost a thous...and years of the written word. One such is Edward O. Wilson's keynote address to the OECD Forum, "Future of Life," delivered on the 14th of May, 2001. "The Skeptic" is another, by eleventh-century poet and mathematician Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyami (better known as Omar Khayyam), in the Edward FitzGerald translation.
Jasper's full name, mentioned only once, was an early pseudonym of nineteenth-century gothic author Robert Charles Maturin. The Persian name "Jasper" is sometimes said to mean "guardian of the treasure." I remain deeply grateful to Gary Numan for permission to use his lyrics in Render's dialogue.MoreLess
The latter come from almost a thous...and years of the written word. One such is Edward O. Wilson's keynote address to the OECD Forum, "Future of Life," delivered on the 14th of May, 2001. "The Skeptic" is another, by eleventh-century poet and mathematician Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi Khayyami (better known as Omar Khayyam), in the Edward FitzGerald translation.
Jasper's full name, mentioned only once, was an early pseudonym of nineteenth-century gothic author Robert Charles Maturin. The Persian name "Jasper" is sometimes said to mean "guardian of the treasure." I remain deeply grateful to Gary Numan for permission to use his lyrics in Render's dialogue.MoreLess
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