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Captain Nora Bradley, fiancé and First Officer Robert Smith, and crew have developed quite the reputation: their current tactical officer is an astral clone of the one they started with; a race of shape-shifting aliens currently travels the stars as an impostor “Pandora’s Hope”; and everyone... read more
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Organizations edit
- Space-Corp: Space-Corp is the intergalactic beurocracy that regulates charted space.
First Sentence edit
Nora and Robert sat together in a soft candlelit glow, enjoying a makeshift picnic on the floor.
Glossary edit
- Esirian: A dying race of humanoids also known as the "Unicorn People," Esirians are known for their high intelligence and low emotional threshold. Their planet is uninhabitable, poisoned by their own hands during a petty and futile war over the valuable energy source, catalyst crystals. Esirians are able to see into others' pasts with a psychic touch, but the process is draining both physically and emotionally.
- Locaru: The Locaru, thriving a race of insect-sized humanoids, are highly advanced and technologically ingenuitive. Although they communicate via antennae, which they can join together in mass to receive integalactic radio waves, they can also speak audibly--although their spoken grammar is poor.
- N'Yebi: The N'Yebi are the last of a soon-to-be extinct race, their gene pool having become to shallow and genetic disease leaving them unable to reproduce. They drift through space searching for handouts, as well as genetic material from any who may be compatable.
- Gatgar: Shape-shifters from a waring planet, the Gatgars will do just about anything to retain their stolen human forms--even if it kills them.
- Buvah: Little is known about the Buvah, as most adhere to strict religious ideals that keep them segregated from Space-Corp. They have bronze skin, ice-blue hair, extra digits on their hands, and two sets of vocal chords.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Racism and Prejudice: In the future, humanity is lumped into one race, with other races coming from other solar systems and galaxies. With this in mind, PANDORA'S HOPE is a prime venue through which to address the issue to persisting racism.
- Appreciation for Life: The episode with the Star Eaters, and the crews' choices regarding their massive "parasites," is a strong statement about humanity's "man v. nature" mentality and the serious repercussions that can occur as its result.
- Big Business Beaurocracy: The Officers' interactions with Star-Corp offer commentary on the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of Corporate America. Portrayed as a looming entity that fails to manage its intelligence despite the red tape and manpower, all Space-Corp correspondance names are actually mash-ups of names of authors PANDORA'S HOPE author Lisa Lane had enjoyed reading while writing the book.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in LUST IN SPACE. (standard series)
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