Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from A Fire upon the Deep

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Zones of Thought - Fundamental to the organization of the Galaxy, these have always existed and are currently moving slightly inward.

Alliance for the Defense - This is a cooperative of five polyspecific empires in the Beyond below Straumli Realm that emerges only after the fall of Relay.

Aniara Fleet - In a human myth older than Nyjora, perhaps dating back to the Tuvo-Norsk cooperatives in the asteroids of Earth's solar system, this is a large ship launched just before the parent civilization's death.

Aprahant Hegemony - Put down 1,000 years before the...
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