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A Fantasy Historical Romance of the First Decade of Papa's Pride, by Clea Ortiz Newcome-but actually a Gilbert & Sullivan Fantasy in Space Opera Framework, by Phyllis Ann Karr!Some have told me that the events of Ship Years 8 and 9 were far too terrible to use as underpinning for a light fantasy romance, and one that in any case can appeal chiefly to the hundred or so avid Savoyards in the ship's population. My response is that light treatment has been among humanity's most effective defense mechanisms for dealing with disaster, probably since our race became recognizably human back in Old Earth's paleolithic; and that Savoy enthusiasm is as precious in Papa's Pride as any other artifact of our Old Earth heritage.In any case, these things lie more than half a century in our own past, and if half a century does not make them fair game for historical fantasy, what does? Is the past not the past, whether ten or ten thousand years ago, whether back on Old Earth or out here in our great colony starship of twenty-four pylons revolving around a vast central core?While retaining the names of such entities as the Antique Terra Theater, which had not yet split into the Order-sponsored Old Earth Company and the committee-sponsored Players to the Stars, with their respective screenplay arms Universal Aspirations and Pride Productions, I have fictionalized the names and other aspects of individuals actually involved in Chuck Wang's crime -- the worst ever perpetrated and, we hope, ever to be perpetrated in Papa's Pride. I have added some completely fictional people to the cast, omitted many historical figures entirely, and somewhat condensed, even rearranged, certain of the events. There were never any deliberate murders connected with Wang's outrage, at least as far as we know. Shipnet will make it very easy for interested readers to collate my tale with as much as we have of the truth.

Investigator Jim Hardie probes a series of stage holdups in Southern California by a ruthless outlaw gang led by Big-Nose George. Wells Fargo and Danger Station is an original novel based on the classic western television series Tales of Wells Fargo, which aired from 1957 through 1962.

Charles Edward Banks (1854-1931) was a military surgeon, best known for his 126 genealogy publications. In the preface to "The History of Martha's Vineyard, Banks summed up his influential genealogy research, "I have been diligent in gleaning materials, but the last fact will never be found for many years to come."

John Russell Bartlett (1805-1886) was an American historian and linguist. From 1855 to 1872, Bartlett was Secretary of State of Rhode Island, and while serving in this capacity thoroughly re-arranged and classified the state records and prepared various bibliographies and compilations, relating chiefly to the history of the state.

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author famous as a womanizer. He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. This sixth volume of his memoirs is subtitled "Spanish Passions."

Georg Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) was a German novelist and Egyptologist who discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, circa 1550 BCE, named for him. Ebers' novel is about Barbara Blomberg (1527-1597), a singer who was mistress of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and giving birth to Don John of Austria who became a military leader in the service of his half-brother, Philip of Spain.

Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer and, in 1912, one of the first nationally-known authors to write directly for the movies. A Splendid Hazard was made into a film in 1920.

Geraldine Bonner (1870-1930) was an American author who lived in Colorado mining camps as a child. After moving to San Francisco in 1887, she worked at a newspaper and began writing novels in 1900. 1905's The Pioneer is her second novel, set in California and Nevada.

Arthur Burton Rascoe (1892-1957), was an American journalist, editor and literary critic of the New York Herald Tribune. This volume discusses the works of prominent Western writers from Homer through Proust.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This volume includes Stevenson's New Arabian Nights (seven interconnected stories); The Pavilion in the Links (considered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as "the high-water mark of [Stevenson's] genius" ); A Lodging for the Night (his first published work).

The Bath Mysteries by E.R. Punshon is a classic detective novel featuring Inspector Bobby Owen. Set in the elegant yet secretive city of Bath, the story unravels a perplexing murder mystery involving high society, hidden motives, and dark secrets. As Owen delves deeper into the case, he must navigate a web of lies and deception to uncover the truth. Known for its intricate plotting and rich atmosphere, the novel is a fine example of Golden Age detective fiction.

Louis P. Dugout (1869-1947) was the chef at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for 30 years; he apprenticed with Escoffier and wrote a number of cookery books "accepted by the Board of Education of New York City and New Jersey, etc."

Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt (1845-1937) wrote this illustrated 1881 text book for engineers, in addition to many works on engineering. His papers are collected at the Library of Congress.

Margaret Widdemer (1884-1978) was a U.S. poet and novelist who shared the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry with Carl Sandburg (for Corn Huskers) for her collection The Old Road to Paradise.

Francis Oscar Mann's fictional autobiography of Albert Grope begins "I am Cockney born and bred, and I do not know that I need be ashamed of the fact."

Lorenzo of Sarzana is set in Genoa, Italy, exploring life among expatriot art students.

Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. The Pagan Madonna follows an American nurse who travels by chance to Shanghai, wearing beads with a mysterious past which are coveted by pirates.

Ethshar and the Northern Empire have been at war for hundreds of years. No one remembers why anymore or over what. No one dreams it could ever end until a wizard creates a sword that makes its user unbeatable...