Kevin's Watch

Holt, Warden[1], Milos[1], Ancillary Documentation-Billingate, Davies[1], Nick[1], Nick[2], Nick[3], Milos[2], Ancillary Documentation-United Mining Companies: A Brief History, Warden[2], Ancillary Documentation-United Mining Companies: A Brief History (continued), Morn[1], Angus[1], Angus[2], Angus[3], Nick[4], Davies[2], Ancillary Documentation- Governing Council For Earth And Space, Min[1], Min[2], Ancillary Documentation-Transcript Of A Commissioning Address Delivered By Warden Dios To Cadets Of The United Mining Companies Police Academy On The Occasion Of Their First Assignment, Liete[1], Mikka, Angus[4], Davies [3], Angus[5], Sorus, Milos[3], Ancillary Documentation- Warden Dios' Extracts From The Private Journals Of Hashi Lebwohl, Director, Data Acquisition, United Mining Companies Police; Godsen, Min[3], Ancillary Documentation-Guttergangs, Nick[5], Angus[6], Liete[2], Angus[7], Liete[3], Angus[8], Morn[2], Liete[4], Morn[3], Angus[9], Warden[3].

[Edited to correct a typo.]

Correct. Each (as you probably have figured out) is the viewpoint character of the chapter. The telling of the Gap saga requires this frequent perspective shift, sometimes overlapping - but never quite duplicating - the same events.

Savor Dam wrote:The telling of the Gap saga requires this frequent perspective shift, sometimes overlapping - but never quite duplicating - the same events.

One of the things SRD deftly handles, enough to make this series a really fun read for me from this book onward.

Not only does he shift perspectives, but he arranges each perspective to be missing some important facts, or privy to private information, so that each character is making decisions from a very different standpoint.

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

wayfriend wrote:Not only does he shift perspectives, but he arranges each perspective to be missing some important facts, or privy to private information, so that each character is making decisions from a very different standpoint.

Which makes it all the more interesting for me, wayfriend!

wayfriend wrote:There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Is that a quote from a Rush song, by chance?

Cord Hurn wrote:Is that a quote from a Rush song, by chance?

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.

A belated thank you to you, wayfriend. I should have caught the reference!






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THE GAP INTO POWER: A DARK AND HUNGRY GOD ARISES

1. Holt
2. Warden[1]
3. Milos[1]
4. Ancillary Documentation-Billingate
5. Davies[1]
6. Nick[1]
7. Nick[2]
8. Nick[3]
9. Milos[2]
10. Ancillary Documentation-United Mining Companies: A Brief History
11. Warden[2]
12. Ancillary Documentation-United Mining Companies: A Brief History (continued)
13. Morn[1]
14. Angus[1]
15. Angus[2]
16. Angus[3]
17. Nick[4]
18. Davies[2]
19. Ancillary Documentation- Governing Council For Earth And Space
20. Min[1]
21. Min[2]
22. Ancillary Documentation-Transcript Of A Commissioning Address Delivered By Warden Dios To Cadets Of The United Mining Companies Police Academy On The Occasion Of Their First Assignment
23. Liete[1]
24. Mikka
25. Angus[4]
26. Davies [3]
27. Angus[5]
28. Sorus
29. Milos[3]
30. Ancillary Documentation- Warden Dios: Extracts From The Private Journals Of Hashi Lebwohl, Director, Data Acquisition, United Mining Companies Police
31. Godsen
32. Min[3]
33. Ancillary Documentation-Guttergangs
34. Nick[5]
35. Angus[6]
36. Liete[2]
37. Angus[7]
38. Liete[3]
39. Angus[8]
40. Morn[2]
41. Liete[4]
42. Morn[3]
43. Angus[9]
44. Warden[3]