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The Realms of Water: A Great Ship novella by Robert Reed

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Anibas
Janusian
Quee Lee
Surus
The Grand Many
bioceramic mind
hyperfiber
the people

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"The male janusian, rooted firmly into his wife’s broad back,"


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"The Grand Many were ancient and stubborn giants who rarely invited outsiders onto their lands."


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"their physiology was built from nonaqueous tissues -- silicone and spun-carbon and iron. In place of stomachs and lungs, they carried reservoirs of pressurized water infused with complex salt compounds. The Grand Many were living batteries, feeding on sunlight, and at night, infrared radiation."


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"two-legged and covered with a polished onyx-like carapace, these natives had mechanical muscles and burly iron skeletons adapted to a crushing gravity that didn’t exist here. their faces had tear-shaped eyes and complex mouths that were not mouths,"


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"flushing little creatures solar-cell wings fueling leaps and gliding motions"


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"A forty thousand year-old hand was extended"


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"And the rocks in front of her said, “You are quite wet.”"


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"Gray tear-shaped eyes and no nostrils and a mouth was unlike almost every other mouth in the universe. Elaborate and unique, the organ resembled a human beard. A tangle of tightly wound wire-like ropes emerged from the lowest portions of the face, each as thick as Quee Lee’s arm and far, far longer. Some of these ropes ended with razored tips evolved for piercing tough carpaces, while the rest could be described as armored pipettes,"


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"four strong legs made of calcium bone and water-infused muscle, while a third pair of limbs served as powerful arms. what passed for the face was set between those long arms -- colorful eyes and a durable beak and two pairs of sturdy white tusks meant for display and defense."


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"The man had strong tusks and a large beak and fur that was the color of that soft metal that was good for nothing but jewelry."


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Genres Featured In The Realms of Water: A Great Ship novella

Science Fiction (Dominant)
Fantasy (Prominent)
Adventure (Major)
Speculative Fiction (Notable)

Themes Featured In The Realms of Water: A Great Ship novella

Exploration and Discovery (Significant)
Humanity and Technology (Moderate)
Environmental Change (Noticable)
Survival (Significant)
Isolation (Minor)
Unity and Cooperation (Moderate)

Tones In The Realms of Water: A Great Ship novella

Mysterious (Moderate)
Adventurous (Strong)
Introspective (Noticable)
Optimistic (Mild)
complex (Very Strong)
tension-filled (Strong)
thought-provoking (Moderate)

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