Exiles

Contains

Original publication date

1978

People/Characters

Thorkild Erling (Gypsy); Thorkild Alanna (Gypsy); Thorkild Einar (Gypsy); Thorkild Mike (Gypsy); Thorkild Gustav (Gypsy); Tokogama Hideyoshi (Gypsy) (show all 34); MacTeague Angus (Gypsy); Petroff Ivan (Gypsy); Ortega Manuel (Gypsy); Captain Kane (Gypsy); Seymour (Gypsy); Jim Harrison (Terran, Tenth Engineer, And Then There Were None); His Excellency the Imperial Ambassador (Terran, And Then There Were None); Captain Grayder (Terran, And Then There Were None); Colonel Shelton (Terran, And Then There Were None); Major Hame (Terran, And Then There Were None); Lieutenant Deacon (Terran, And Then There Were None); Sergeant-Major Bidworthy (Terran, And Then There Were None); Sergeant Arthur Gleed (Terran, And Then There Were None); First Mate Morgan (Terran, And Then There Were None); Elissa (Gand, And Then There Were None); Jeff Baines (Gand, And Then There Were None); Seth (Gand, And Then There Were None); Matt (Gand, And Then There Were None); Farmer Zeke (Gand, And Then There Were None); Ginger Whiskers (Gand, And Then There Were None); George Platen (Profession); Armand “Stubby” Trevelyan (Profession); Hali Omani (Profession); Ladislas Ingenescu (Profession); Dr. Lloyd (Profession); Dr. Zachary Antonelli (Profession); Sam Ellenford (Profession); Honourable (Novian, Profession)

Important places

Harbour (Gypsy); Gand; Earth (Profession)

Epigraph

Gypsy
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Colonists to the far stars must have built-in yearning for the far horizon—the desire to go back of beyond. Some of them, though, may have too much.

First words

Gypsy
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From afar, I caught a glimpse of the Traveller as my boat swung towards the planet.

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... And Then There Were None
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The battleship was eight hundred feet in diameter and slightly more than one mile long.

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Profession
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George Platen could not conceal the longing in his voice.

Quotations

Gypsy
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Grown men don’t risk their necks climbing the uppermost branches of trees, the way children do; they walk on the ground, and when they have to rise they do so safely and comfortably, in a carplane.

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Gypsy
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“We ... well, we were wanderers, but so what? Do you blame a bird for not having hoofs?”

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... And Then There Were None
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“It means plenty,” said Jeff. “Freedom – I Won’t !”

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... And Then There Were None
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“It’s his right. Everyone has the right to refuse. That’s freedom, isn’t it?”

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... And Then There Were None
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“We’ve been outwitted by awkward relations. There’s not much we can do about it. A man doesn’t beat up his nieces and nephews merely because they ... (show all)won’t speak to him.”

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Profession
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If the only way you can learn is to buck the world and come back with blood on your face, go ahead.

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Profession
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But people, ah—They are so complex and so different one from another that a Social Scientist never knows all there is to know or even a good part of what there is to know.

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Profession
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It won’t do to say to a man, “You can create. Do so.” It is much safer to wait for a man to say, “I can create, and I will do so whether you wish it or not.”

Disambiguation notice

BEWARE! This is not the same work as The Exiles Trilogy. It is a collection of stories by other authors that has been edited by Ben Bova. Do not combine with The Exiles Trilogy.