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The Void Captain's Tale
Published 1983 by Timescape Books · 250 pages
Nebula · 1984
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4 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1970–1984
Synopsis
In the Second Starfaring Age, Captain Genro commands the pleasure vessel Dragon Zephyr, carrying ten thousand passengers across the stars via a drive that symbiotically links with a living woman — the Void Pilot — who experiences quasi-religious ecstasy during each jump. When Genro becomes obsessed with his pilot, their dangerous liaison threatens to shatter the boundaries between desire and transcendence.
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