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|setting = The [[Stacks]] / [[China]], [[1900]] | |setting = The [[Stacks]] / [[China]], [[1900]] | ||
|release date = [[ | |release date = [[13 December (releases)|13 December]] [[2004 (releases)|2004]] | ||
|writer = [[Mags L. Halliday]] | |writer = [[Mags L. Halliday]] | ||
|publication = ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'' | |publication = ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'' | ||
|reprint = About Time 5 | |reprint = About Time 5 | ||
|prev = The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion (short story) | |prev = The Night is Long, and Dreams Are Legion (short story) | ||
|next = Erasing Sherlock | |next = Prologue to Erasing Sherlock (short story) | ||
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A '''prologue | A '''prologue to ''[[Warring States (novel)|Warring States]]''''' was published in the paperback edition of ''[[Warlords of Utopia (novel)|Warlords of Utopia]]'' and ''[[About Time 5]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Atkinson (Warring States)|Atkinson]] | * [[Atkinson (Warring States)|Atkinson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Prester John jokes that Octavia might had found [[Morlock]]'s [[birthday]]. | * Prester John jokes that Octavia might had found [[Morlock]]'s [[birthday]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:31, 9 November 2023
A prologue to Warring States was published in the paperback edition of Warlords of Utopia and About Time 5.
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Octavia and Prester John walk through the Stacks in the Eleven-Day Empire, the Faction's repository of knowledge, digging around for something that Octavia finds.
Liu Hui Ying and her father attend an execution of dissidents who spread ideas from foreign devils, before returning to the docks and hearing about an archaeological expedition to the Great White Pyramid of China.
Prester John asks Octavia what she found this time, jokingly throwing out a few suggestions. Octavia responds that she discovered the secret to immortality, but can only trace it to China in the Boxer Rebellion, so will need to mount an expedition. Prester John nods in agreement.
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