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Sliding Void #2
Transference Station
TRANSFERENCE STATION (Book two in the 'Sliding Void' series)
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Are things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds? She's managed to reach what passes for civilization in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy.
Lana's crew needs paying - including the amorous barbarian prince she rescued from a failed colony world. But her crew have other priorities: the ship's android, Zeno, is distracted by terrible secrets from his past, while her alien navigator, Polter, runs into trouble indulging his religious fervor.
If that wasn't enough, there's a deal available... but only from the dodgiest broker in a thousand planets. With rival starship captains looking to sabotage Lana for good, and a dangerous mission to a mysterious planet which is far more than the lies she's been spun, things can only get worse from here on in.
Lana Fiveworlds and her crew of misfits are still sliding void, just, but for how much longer?
Sometimes, the brown stuff piles up so high you need antigravity thrusters to fly over it.
DESCRIPTION
Are things finally looking up for Captain Lana Fiveworlds? She's managed to reach what passes for civilization in the wild border systems of the Edge - Transference Station - the largest trading hub in the free worlds. With her ramshackle starship, the Gravity Rose, safely docked, she's now desperately searching for a cargo to stave off bankruptcy.
Lana's crew needs paying - including the amorous barbarian prince she rescued from a failed colony world. But her crew have other priorities: the ship's android, Zeno, is distracted by terrible secrets from his past, while her alien navigator, Polter, runs into trouble indulging his religious fervor.
If that wasn't enough, there's a deal available... but only from the dodgiest broker in a thousand planets. With rival starship captains looking to sabotage Lana for good, and a dangerous mission to a mysterious planet which is far more than the lies she's been spun, things can only get worse from here on in.
Lana Fiveworlds and her crew of misfits are still sliding void, just, but for how much longer?
Sometimes, the brown stuff piles up so high you need antigravity thrusters to fly over it.
125 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 1, 2011
About the author
Stephen Hunt
272 books341 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Stephen Hunt is a British writer living in London. His first fantasy novel, For the Crown and the Dragon, was published in 1994, and introduced a young officer, Taliesin, fighting for the Queen of England in a Napoleonic period alternative reality where the wars of Europe were being fought with sorcery and steampunk weapons (airships, clockwork machine guns, and steam-driven trucks called kettle-blacks). The novel won the 1994 WH Smith Award, and the book reviewer Andrew Darlington used Hunt's novel to coin the phrase Flintlock Fantasy to describe the sub-genre of fantasy set in a Regency or Napoleonic-era period.
Stephen Hunt is a British writer living in London. His first fantasy novel, For the Crown and the Dragon, was published in 1994, and introduced a young officer, Taliesin, fighting for the Queen of England in a Napoleonic period alternative reality where the wars of Europe were being fought with sorcery and steampunk weapons (airships, clockwork machine guns, and steam-driven trucks called kettle-blacks). The novel won the 1994 WH Smith Award, and the book reviewer Andrew Darlington used Hunt's novel to coin the phrase Flintlock Fantasy to describe the sub-genre of fantasy set in a Regency or Napoleonic-era period.
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January 14, 2022Loving this series so much!
This second novella of the series is a notch above the first. Mainly due to an upswing in the action and suspense. Can't wait to see what will happen next!
This second novella of the series is a notch above the first. Mainly due to an upswing in the action and suspense. Can't wait to see what will happen next!
February 6, 2016
4.5 Stars
Transference Station, the second book in the Sliding Void trilogy by Stephen Hunt is a fantastic piece of science fiction that is tailor made for fans of the genre. This book does even more as it blends traditional fantasy elements with those of hard science. This was released originally as a serialized novel.
The fantasy elements are fun, but the science is what makes it awesome.
I enjoyed the story, the characters, and the writing...Zeno steals the pages that he is on...
Sliding Void:
"“For all the analogies heaped upon the understanding of such devices – think of it as knife to slice into the deeper realities of the universe – think of it as a translation device to convert the mathematical language of one reality into another – think of it as a piano’s tuning fork to . . . no, think of it as a big steaming shizzle-pile of the wrath of the gods, able to mangle the stuff of creation, mould it into spears and hurl it like one of Vega’s thunderbolts across the Creators’ phantasmal realm. Calder’s barbarian explanation made as much sense as any the sims had provided with their talk of advanced Brane theory, affine-parameters and T-duality.”"
Transference Station and is simply a continuation of book one. It is also a short read, barely longer than part one. This is still a satisfying read that made me want to go right on to part three.
Fun fun. On to the next part.
Transference Station, the second book in the Sliding Void trilogy by Stephen Hunt is a fantastic piece of science fiction that is tailor made for fans of the genre. This book does even more as it blends traditional fantasy elements with those of hard science. This was released originally as a serialized novel.
The fantasy elements are fun, but the science is what makes it awesome.
I enjoyed the story, the characters, and the writing...Zeno steals the pages that he is on...
Sliding Void:
"“For all the analogies heaped upon the understanding of such devices – think of it as knife to slice into the deeper realities of the universe – think of it as a translation device to convert the mathematical language of one reality into another – think of it as a piano’s tuning fork to . . . no, think of it as a big steaming shizzle-pile of the wrath of the gods, able to mangle the stuff of creation, mould it into spears and hurl it like one of Vega’s thunderbolts across the Creators’ phantasmal realm. Calder’s barbarian explanation made as much sense as any the sims had provided with their talk of advanced Brane theory, affine-parameters and T-duality.”"
Transference Station and is simply a continuation of book one. It is also a short read, barely longer than part one. This is still a satisfying read that made me want to go right on to part three.
Fun fun. On to the next part.
January 25, 2022
I received a copy of this book from the author.
Life is a learning curve they say. This is very true for ex Prince Calder Durk who has been rescued from certain death on his home planet of Hesperus. Having left his ice planet he finds himself with millennia of years of learning to catch up on, but little time in which to do it.
His rescuer, Lana Fiveworlds along with her crew have taken him off world as a payback for a favour owed to Rex Maboto.
Sounds straightforward, but nothing is ever that easy for Lana and her crew.
Will she be able to get another cargo so that she can afford the necessary repairs to the Gravity Rose? The trip to Transference Station should make this possible.
This fast paced story is full of intrigue, mystery and danger as we follow the crew on their journey.
I am looking forward to reading book 3.
Life is a learning curve they say. This is very true for ex Prince Calder Durk who has been rescued from certain death on his home planet of Hesperus. Having left his ice planet he finds himself with millennia of years of learning to catch up on, but little time in which to do it.
His rescuer, Lana Fiveworlds along with her crew have taken him off world as a payback for a favour owed to Rex Maboto.
Sounds straightforward, but nothing is ever that easy for Lana and her crew.
Will she be able to get another cargo so that she can afford the necessary repairs to the Gravity Rose? The trip to Transference Station should make this possible.
This fast paced story is full of intrigue, mystery and danger as we follow the crew on their journey.
I am looking forward to reading book 3.
April 29, 2020
Second in series. Picks up right where the first one ends and never slows down.
Pulp scifi at the near best.
Pulp scifi at the near best.
January 21, 2012
This continued on the promising story of Sliding Void and saw the Gravity Rose travel to the busy space-station Transference Station. There Lana Fiveworlds accepts a job travelling to a new planet where some dodgy mining is going on. This felt more like proper sci-fi than the first, with some fantastic description of the planet Abracadabra.
I am also enjoying the development of the characters and the overall plot. The android Zeno is in contact with someone/something which knows about the captain's past. I imagine eventually we'll find out about this mystery but until then it remains an intriguing plot point.
The short episodic format seemed to work better in this book and in fact it had enough of a great story not to feel short. My biggest gripe is the huge number of spelling and grammar errors. A published book just shouldn't have such issues.
Still, a great read for any sci-fi fan and I shall eagerly await Sliding Void #3!
I am also enjoying the development of the characters and the overall plot. The android Zeno is in contact with someone/something which knows about the captain's past. I imagine eventually we'll find out about this mystery but until then it remains an intriguing plot point.
The short episodic format seemed to work better in this book and in fact it had enough of a great story not to feel short. My biggest gripe is the huge number of spelling and grammar errors. A published book just shouldn't have such issues.
Still, a great read for any sci-fi fan and I shall eagerly await Sliding Void #3!
October 24, 2012
I'm liking this series, it's just so damn short! There seem to be more pieces coming, and I await them, but I know I'm in for the long haul because every installment is more a short story than a novel. The world building is going strong--and I like that--but there are way more questions and dangling threads thrown out there than answers, and I hope the next N parts continue to deliver!
September 24, 2012
The main problem with this book is that it is (a) very addictive and (b) part two of a serial. So you have to wait. I don't like waiting. But I do really like this science fiction novella. That makes me conflicted. I feel the same way about the Walking Dead series. Arrrhhhh.
April 15, 2012
Lot's of fun. Looking forward to #3 in the Sliding Void series.
August 5, 2012
Nice follow up. Hunt is a fab writer. Why have I not read more by this author before now? Hmmm. Anyway, hard Sf with strong characters.
September 19, 2012
A very good space opera which makes you want to keep on turning the pages.
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