Duty Calls - A Meeting of Minds

edith · May 25 2006, 08:21 AM

I've just been reading this and I'm confused!
Its set in the Doona universe, but there are Brains and Brawns, but the brain doesn't seem to be like the Brainship Brains....
arrrgh!!!
Its a good story but I'm now confused!

**Cheryl** · May 25 2006, 11:09 AM

The answer is it's not really in Doona or Brain/Brawn -- Anne just borrowed elements from those worlds for this story.

The reason to me that it's very clearly not in Doona, is the peaceful approach to other species is gone -- there's no feeling in this story that conflict/wars with aliens are to be avoided at all costs, as there is in Doona.

Call in an alternate universe.

edith · May 25 2006, 01:40 PM

I thought that it was the Doona universe a long time on. There are obviously lots of different species, though only humans, Doonans and Khalians are mentioned, and by the last Doona book (which I haven't read) they've only just found another species. Hints are given that the war was forced upon them in the Mandalay Cure. The brains though, they sort of didn't fit in. Unless it was just a nickname for a pilot.

**Cheryl** · May 25 2006, 02:15 PM

I haven't read it in a while, but I got the impression it was meant to be a brainship.

That set of three stories [Duty Calls, A Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beaty, The Mandalay Cure] were all written for a set of anthologies called The Fleet (also the title of the first of the 6 books), which were written by many different authors in a shared world.

edith · May 25 2006, 04:15 PM

oooh, so is it a sort of combination of alot of universes?
Sounds interesting!

**Cheryl** · May 25 2006, 05:47 PM

I don't know that any of the others authors brought in their other works as Anne did. I've got some of the books, but haven't read them....

May 25 2006, 08:21 AM	#1
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Duty Calls I've just been reading this and I'm confused! Its set in the Doona universe, but there are Brains and Brawns, but the brain doesn't seem to be like the Brainship Brains.... arrrgh!!! Its a good story but I'm now confused! __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

May 25 2006, 11:09 AM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Duty Calls The answer is it's not really in Doona or Brain/Brawn -- Anne just borrowed elements from those worlds for this story. The reason to me that it's very clearly not in Doona, is the peaceful approach to other species is gone -- there's no feeling in this story that conflict/wars with aliens are to be avoided at all costs, as there is in Doona. Call in an alternate universe. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 25 2006, 01:40 PM	#3
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Duty Calls I thought that it was the Doona universe a long time on. There are obviously lots of different species, though only humans, Doonans and Khalians are mentioned, and by the last Doona book (which I haven't read) they've only just found another species. Hints are given that the war was forced upon them in the Mandalay Cure. The brains though, they sort of didn't fit in. Unless it was just a nickname for a pilot. __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

May 25 2006, 02:15 PM	#4
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Duty Calls I haven't read it in a while, but I got the impression it was meant to be a brainship. That set of three stories [Duty Calls, A Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beaty, The Mandalay Cure] were all written for a set of anthologies called The Fleet (also the title of the first of the 6 books), which were written by many different authors in a shared world. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

May 25 2006, 04:15 PM	#5
edith Dragonrider Weyrwoman Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Delft Gender: F Fan of: Most of them :) Now Reading: Don't You Have Time To Think- RP Feynman	Re: Duty Calls oooh, so is it a sort of combination of alot of universes? Sounds interesting! __________________ "Should a rocket explode upon starting, it is called a "hard start." " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergolic

May 25 2006, 05:47 PM	#6
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Duty Calls I don't know that any of the others authors brought in their other works as Anne did. I've got some of the books, but haven't read them.... __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

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