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Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large "corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
the Dread Empire Fall series.
Until reading James Nicoll's review: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.
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Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large "corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
the Dread Empire Fall series.
Until reading James Nicoll's review: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

From a Freudian perspective, Pasco is an analog of Moses, the law
giver. Jewish Kabbalistic and Talmudic mysticism opposes the Torah's
Mosiac tradition.
Mysticism's anti-Mosiac attitude creates guilt. So this story
conveys a technically magical mystical means to cope. Although Ubu and
Maria are technically siblings, everybody can clearly see how it doesn't count.

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Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. veritas _|_ telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. liberabit |
tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' vos |


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On Jun 19, 2026, Titus G wrote
(in article <1112k1a$33p5r$1@dont-email.me>):

Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large "corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
the Dread Empire Fall series.
Until reading James Nicoll's review: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

Feh. Williams took CherrythrCOs Downbelow Station and filed the serial
numbers off.

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On 20/06/2026 03:34, WolfFan wrote:

On Jun 19, 2026, Titus G wrote
(in article <1112k1a$33p5r$1@dont-email.me>):

Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars.

snip

Feh. Williams took CherrythrCOs Downbelow Station and filed the serial numbers off.

I bounced off the first of the Cyteen series many decades ago but will
try this, thank you. I enjoy everything about Williams writing as well
as the content.


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On 20/06/2026 01:42, Don wrote:

Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their
livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large
"corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic
desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and
the Dread Empire Fall series.
Until reading James Nicoll's review:
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do
not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were
genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

From a Freudian perspective, Pasco is an analog of Moses, the law
giver. Jewish Kabbalistic and Talmudic mysticism opposes the Torah's
Mosiac tradition.

I don't understand. Pasco was their creator whose leadership and
teachings led to poverty. To avoid wage slavery on a frontier planet,
"the law of" Pasco had to be ignored and eventually his randomly
appearing holographic ghost was removed from the computer by Beautiful
Maria.

Mysticism's anti-Mosiac attitude creates guilt. So this story
conveys a technically magical mystical means to cope. Although Ubu and
Maria are technically siblings, everybody can clearly see how it doesn't count.

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Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 20/06/2026 01:42, Don wrote:

Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:

Angel Station. Walter Jon Williams. A standalone novel.
Apart from rereads, Micheal Flynn, and George Elliot, this has been my
most enjoyable read this year. Four stars. I loved the bleak background
of independent traders (in spaceships) fighting for survival for their
livelihood as well as their identity from the economic threats of large
"corporations" intruding into their area of space as well as the
deceptions, betrayals, the bespoke alien construction, the pragmatic
desperation ......... Just brilliant space opera dependent on pseudo
science for plot as well as background. Just as good as Metropolitan and >>> the Dread Empire Fall series.
Until reading James Nicoll's review:
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/wont-break-me
I had forgotten the age of the incestuous siblings whilst reading but do >>> not consider either to be objectionable or relevant given that they were >>> genetically engineered and I do not recall any mention of a mother.

From a Freudian perspective, Pasco is an analog of Moses, the law
giver. Jewish Kabbalistic and Talmudic mysticism opposes the Torah's
Mosiac tradition.

I don't understand. Pasco was their creator whose leadership and
teachings led to poverty. To avoid wage slavery on a frontier planet,
"the law of" Pasco had to be ignored and eventually his randomly
appearing holographic ghost was removed from the computer by Beautiful
Maria.

Ignoring Pasco's law leads to guilt. The holographic ghost symbolizes
Maria's guilty conscience. Maria excises Pasco's ghost to assuage her
guilt.
Abrahamic archetypes permeate Abrahamic cultures and influence art.
Even the art of Protestants who stopped going to church and slid into agnosticism or atheism by default.

Postscript:

The next stop on my autodidactic journey is THE HOLINESS OF SIN by
Gershom Scholem. The title suits Scholem's worldview:

Gershom Scholem (1892rCo1982) is considered one of the most
important Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century
and an eminent representative of Jewish thought in times
of crisis. His pioneering studies on the Kabbalah
effectively founded an entirely new field of studies that
flourishes until today. ...

<https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scholem/>

Jefferson wrote the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE as an adaptation of
Satan's speech in PARADISE LOST by Milton. Picture the DECLARATION as a prototypical Protestant bookend of the USA. Then imagine THE HOLINESS OF
SIN as its companion bookend.
What the hell?!?! Indeed, what the hell.

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Don.......My cat's )\._.,--....,'``. veritas _|_ telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. liberabit |
tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' vos |


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