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Seasoned smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr is targeted for execution when she tries to rescue young hellflower Tiggy Stardust, and even the most powerful artificial intelligence in the universe might not be enough to save her
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The author's first SF novel and the first part of a proposed trilogy, this involves Butterfly St. Cyr, an interplanetary smuggler (her contraband ranges from philosophy texts to an undefined item called "never-you-mind"p . 15 ). Butterfly's life goes askew when she finds herself entangled with Valijon Starbringer (or, as Butterfly calls him, "Tiggy Stardust"), a young member of the alMayne (colloquially called "hellflowers") royalty. Butterfly is in possession of a sentient and illegal computer called a Library, named Paladin, whose existence she must go to great lengths to keep secret. Further, she has been coerced into doing a job involving a second Library, one not nearly so genteel as Paladin. There are some interesting uses of language (foreign word derivations like "purdu" and "che-bai"),p.176, 13 and some funny bits (a chapter titled "How to File for Moral Bankruptcy"p.180 ). But the alMayne are yet another race of large, temperamental, animalistic humanoids with a bizarre code of honor. And does the SF genrepk really need another sentient computer? Still, this is a breezy read with a good mix of humor, adventure and politics.
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- PublisherDAW
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0886774756
- ISBN 13 9780886774752
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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