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by Gregory Benford
About 63 pages (18,766 words)

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Argo

The Bishop's spaceship, Argo was designed for intergalactic travel during the post-high arcology period. It includes agro domes for growing crops, and complete living facilities. Argo's technology far exceeds the understanding of the Bishops, who were forced to flee their home planet Snowglade or face extinction by the mechs. The Argo is named after Jason's ship in Greek mythology. Jason, the son of a king, sailed away on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece. Thus, the ship's name suggests that Killeen and Toby are the rightful heirs of humanity, and that the Bishop's seek something incredibly valuable.

True Center

The Bishops, under Killeen's direction, are exploring the dense galaxies at the center of the cosmos, called True Center.

The Chandelier

The Aspects identify the Chandelier as coming from the high arcology era, the last great.....

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