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Fidnij realized the basis of her surprise. In the matriarchal
almost-gynecocracy of Aglaya, women were the leaders in matters social and
political. He was about to reply-and never did. His ears caught a faint
sound-overhead. A sound entirely too familiar, and chilling on Aglaya. He
jerked his head upward and Pransa's gaze followed his. Above the forest raced
a long streak of fire, orange-red as a swinger's fur at rutting-time, and
brighter than anything ever seen in Aglaya's sky even in daytime. The night
sky here was near and blank, the stars a permanent unknown to the dwellers on
the hothouse planet. Two moons shone murkily through the clouds but gave
little light. Sky-ghosts. Yet such skyfire proved not unknown to
Pransahilodial: "Sky-demons!" SPACEWAYS #1 OF ALIEN BONDAGE #2
CORUNDUM'S WOMAN #3 ESCAPE FROM MACHO #4 SATANA ENSLAVED #5 MASTER OF
MISFIT #6 PURRFECT PLUNDER #7 THE MANHUNTRESS #8 UNDER TWIN SUNS #9
IN QUEST OF QALARA #10 THE YOKE OF SHEN #11 THE ICEWORLD CONNECTION #12
STAR SLAVER #13 JONUTA RISING! #14 ASSIGNMENT: HELLHOLE #15 STARSHIP
SAPPHIRE BERKLEY BOOKS, NEW YORK The poem Scarlet
Hills copyright (c) 1982 by Ann Morris; used by permission of the
author. SPACEWAYS #15: STARSHIP SAPPHIR A Berkley Book / published by
arrangement with the author PRINTING HISTORY Berkley edition / January
1984 All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 198,4 by John Cleve. Cover
illustration by Ken Barr. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in
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Kincaid, pro A: All planets are not shown. B: Map is not to scale, because
of the vast distances between stars. SCARLET HILLS Alas, fair ones, my
time has come. I must depart your lovely home- Seek the bounds of this
galaxy To find what lies beyond. (chorus) Scarlet hills and amber
skies, Gentlebeings with loving eyes; All these I leave to search for a
dream That will cure the wand'rer in me. You say it must be glamorous For
those who travel out through space. You know not the dark, endless night Nor
the solitude we face. (reprise chorus) I know not of my journey's end Nor
the time nor toll it will have me spend. But I must see what /' ve never
seen And know what I've never known. Scarlet hills and amber skies,
Gentiebeings with loving eyes; All these I leave to search for a dream That
will cure the wand'rer in me. -Ann Morris 1 The reasonable man adapts himself
to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -G.B.
Shaw The late summer's gentle rain had only just ceased falling, and the trees
of leper-bark and graygrain shed large droplets from broad leaves. Their
brilliant colors of chartreuse, gamboge, and turquoise bore an overlay of soft
haze that muted them. Above the plashing of the drops a fringebird called,
waking. Near the edge of the forest a swinger prowled the clearing margin on