Amy Thomson
12 Quotations from Amy Thomson
| gate n. | 1995 Color of Distance (1999) xxxi. 453 There’s not much to do up here except keep the ship ticking over until the supply ship comes through the gate. We're not expecting them for another month and a half. |
| hyperspace n. | 1995 Color of Distance (1999) viii. 84 Was the mother ship gone as well? Had the Kotani Maru made the jump to hyperspace? Could they still come back for her? |
| jump n. | 1995 Color of Distance (1999) viii. 84 Was the mother ship gone as well? Had the Kotani Maru made the jump to hyperspace? Could they still come back for her? |
| jump pilot n. | 2003 Storyteller 3 The ancient freighter’s Jump pilot had been pushing ships through Jump space for nearly forty years. |
| jump point n. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) i. 35 In the three months it took to reach the jump point, the two Tendu learned to be comfortable with speaking aloud. |
| Luna n. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) ii. 71 Dr. Louise Caisson…previously served as a researcher at the Center for Contagious Diseases on Luna. |
| mother ship n. | 1995 Color of Distance (1999) viii. 84 Was the mother ship gone as well? Had the Kotani Maru made the jump to hyperspace? Could they still come back for her? |
| plasteel n. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) ii. 43 She looked down at the bland grey plasteel table. |
| space sick adj. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) iii. 102 A sudden wave of queasiness sent her to her seat. She must be more exhausted than she realized; she hadn’t been spacesick since she was a small child. |
| spinward adv. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) ii. 46 We bought another ten hectares just spinward of Toivo's place. |
| starship n. | 1995 Color of Distance (1999) viii. 85 Radio and starships were beyond the scope of these aliens' lives. |
| tri-v n. | 1999 Through Alien Eyes (2000) iii. 100 Moki and Ukatonen…spent most of the day watching the Tri-V or listening to Analin and Eerin talk about them. It was fun at first, seeing themselves on the Tri-V, but they only showed the same few pictures and words. |