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A descendant of Earth's gypsies, Sailmaster Pov Janusz continues the nomadic existence of his ancestors as he guides his cloudship Siduri's Net through the perils of deepspace in search of rich mineral treasures.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good ethnic space-opera, Dec 29 2003

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Peter D. Tillman (Taos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Siduri's Net (Paperback)

Subtitled "Cloudships Of Orion" - these ships harvest tritium & other
fusion-fuels from comets, nebulae & protostars - a fine and somewhat
Benfordian backstory.

"Siduri's Net" is a newish cloudship, still paying back her
constructon loan. "Net" has a Gypsy sailmaster and Greek captain & pilot,
in a Slav-majority ship and culture. "Net"s parent-ship dumped most of
her non-Slavs into the new hull. A Russian-dominated planet is the sole
customer for both cloudships, and is maneuvering to take over the 'ships to
cut their fuel costs. Eastern-Europe political & ethnic tensions, translated to
a mid-future setting, is the most distinctive feature of the book, her best to
date. The sequel is "Maia's Veil" (Roc pb, 1995); I'm happy to report that
"Net" is a self-contained story.

PS: "Maia's" is also good, if not quite up to the first. There is a 3rd book
out in the series, which I haven't yet read.

Also note that "PK McAllister" = Paula King = Paula Downing. I don't know why she has so many identities.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good ethnic space-opera, Dec 29 2003

By Peter D. Tillman - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Siduri's Net (Paperback)

Subtitled "Cloudships Of Orion" - these ships harvest tritium & other
fusion-fuels from comets, nebulae & protostars - a fine and somewhat
Benfordian backstory.

"Siduri's Net" is a newish cloudship, still paying back her
constructon loan. "Net" has a Gypsy sailmaster and Greek captain & pilot,
in a Slav-majority ship and culture. "Net"s parent-ship dumped most of
her non-Slavs into the new hull. A Russian-dominated planet is the sole
customer for both cloudships, and is maneuvering to take over the 'ships to
cut their fuel costs. Eastern-Europe political & ethnic tensions, translated to
a mid-future setting, is the most distinctive feature of the book, her best to
date. The sequel is "Maia's Veil" (Roc pb, 1995); I'm happy to report that
"Net" is a self-contained story.

PS: "Maia's" is also good, if not quite up to the first. There is a 3rd book
out in the series, which I haven't yet read.

Also note that "PK McAllister" = Paula King = Paula Downing. I don't know why she has so many identities.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman

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