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Currie Culver is about fifty-five years old, in good health, living in a comfortable retirement in the Rockies with his wife. In the wake of the Meme Wars that swept the planet two generations before, Currie, his wife, and almost everyone on Earth have in their minds a copy of One True,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dave Singleton: Lobo, a cowboy (someone not running Resuna)
- Lobo: Dave Singleton
- Resuna: A meme. A set of programs that can be downloaded into the human brain to enhance skills, keep in contact with One True, and help keep emotional balance.
- Mary Roder: Currie's wife. One of the first to get Resuna
- Phil Comasus: A scientist who helped develop the transport ships, and later adopted and raised Dave Singleton.
- Burton: Commanding officer of Burton's Thugs for Jesus.
- Tammy: Currie's first wife.
- Currie Curtis Curran: A cowboy hunter. The first person narrator of the story.
- Kelly: Dave Singleton's daughter.
- Murphy: A brutal mercenary group, that loved to rape, kill and torture.
- Mr. Farrell: A father like figure to Currie. A teacher at his orphanage in Spokane.
- Carrie: A daughter of Currie and Tammy.
- Curran: Add a description of this character.
- Cecile: An orphan adopted at the same time as Dave.
- Joseph: An actor in a Christmas play in Currie's youth. Played the role of Joseph (as in Mary, Jesus and Joseph.)
- Johnson
- Shultz
- Ms. Kirlian: A worker/teacher at the Spokane orphanage when Currie was there.
- Robin: A child adopted from the Denver orphanage with Dave and Cecile.
- Gregor: A un-memed individual that Dave wouldn't allow to join his band of cowboys. For good reason.
- Nancy: Dave's wife.
- Monica: Phil's second wife.
- Bob
- Sue D'Alessandro: A cowboy hunter.
- Julie: An orphan adopted by Phil & Monica
- Prester: An orphan adopted by Phil & Monica, from the St. Louis orphanage.
- Joey: An orphan adopted by Phil & Monica
- Justin: An orphan adopted by Phil & Monica from the Chicago orphanage.
- Martha: An orphan adopted by Phil & Monica
Quotes edit
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“...the structures we called heroes were the oldest, crudest, and least-efficient system for copying virtues.”
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“Role models, as a way of transmitting virtues, were less thrilling and perhaps traded away some high resolution and clarity in order to be able to reach more people, more thoroughly and faster. The role-model method of transmitting virtues was to train a child to see her or his own abilities and potentials in the people around him. That didn't produce the excellence that heroes had, since no one ever reached beyond what had already been achieved; at best it produced a competence that only degraded slowly from generation to generation. But it did provide very effective socialization. You didn't get any more high soarers, but nearly everyone took off and flew for a ways.”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
One thing you have to say for the Colorado Rockies, you sleep good, these days, now that there's nothing to worry about.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 4 in The Century Next Door. (standard series)
Preceded by Kaleidoscope Century, and followed by The Sky So Big and Black.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Barnes (Author)
Awards edit
- Prometheus Award (2001: Best Novel, Nominee)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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