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|image= Dry Pilgrimage.jpg | |image = Dry Pilgrimage.jpg | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|number= | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |number in range = 74 | ||
|featuring= | |number = 74 | ||
|enemy= | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|setting= [[Dellah]] | |featuring = | ||
|writer= | |enemy = The Khulyan, Czarita Violaine | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |setting = [[Dellah]], [[2595]] | ||
|release date= | |writer = Paul Leonard, Nick Walters | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 292 Pages | |cover = [[John Sullivan]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20525-1 | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|prev= The Medusa Effect (novel) | |release date = 3 May 1998 | ||
|next= The Sword of Forever (novel) | |format = Paperback Book, 292 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20525-1 | |||
|prev = The Medusa Effect (novel) | |||
|next = The Sword of Forever (novel) | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
'''''Dry Pilgrimage''''' | '''''Dry Pilgrimage''''' was the thirteenth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. Featuring [[Bernice Summerfield]], this was the first novel to be entirely set on the planet [[Dellah]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"I am going to make you immortal."'' | ''"I am going to make you immortal."'' | ||
Bored with her job, bored with being perpetually skint, Bernice Summerfield leaps at the chance of a free holiday arranged by her new friend [[Maeve Ruthven]], St Oscar's Professor of [[Comparative Religion]]. | Bored with her job, bored with being perpetually skint, [[Bernice Summerfield]] leaps at the chance of a free holiday arranged by her new friend [[Maeve Ruthven]], [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]] [[Professor]] of [[Comparative Religion]]. | ||
But all is not what it seems. | But all is not what it seems. | ||
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Benny finds herself caught in a web of intrigue — not knowing who on board can be trusted or which way to turn. And with the future of more than one world depending on her actions, she must decide who to believe, expose the hidden killer and prevent a ruthless grab for power. | Benny finds herself caught in a web of intrigue — not knowing who on board can be trusted or which way to turn. And with the future of more than one world depending on her actions, she must decide who to believe, expose the hidden killer and prevent a ruthless grab for power. | ||
== Chapter titles == | |||
# Out to Get You | |||
# Living Too Late | |||
# Trouble With the Plumbing | |||
# New Face in Hell | |||
# I Need Proof Before Belief | |||
# Between a Man and a Woman | |||
# Waking Up in the Sun | |||
# Secrets and Lies | |||
# To Hide in Death Awhile | |||
# A Conversation | |||
# Suddenly My Feet Are Feet of Mud, It All Goes Slo-Mo | |||
# Not Only Love Can Break Your Heart | |||
# The Second Born is Dead | |||
# Audience With the Mind | |||
# Rage Against the Machine | |||
# Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime | |||
# War Stories | |||
# When You Tire of One Side the Other Serves You Best | |||
# Violaine | |||
# A War is Never Over, a Soldier Never Dies | |||
# Unholy Transference | |||
# Who Had Faith, Who Betrayed? | |||
# Bottom of the Well | |||
# The Great Escape | |||
# True Faith | |||
# Life's Hard and Then You Don't Die | |||
# At the Edge of the Sea | |||
# I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Vitor Pluse]] | * [[Vitor Pluse]] | ||
* [[Jane Waspo]] | * [[Jane Waspo]] | ||
* [[Maeve Ruthven]] | * [[Maeve Ruthven]] | ||
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* Professor [[Hamilton Smith]] | * Professor [[Hamilton Smith]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Aquatic vessels === | === Aquatic vessels === | ||
* Captain Dieter Fontana is captain of the ''[[Lady of Lorelei]]''. | * Captain Dieter Fontana is captain of the ''[[Lady of Lorelei]]''. | ||
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=== Foods and beverages === | === Foods and beverages === | ||
* Benny, in a desperate search for [[alcohol]], drinks the potent (eye watering) [[Brettellian Potato Spirit]]. | * Benny, in a desperate search for [[alcohol]], drinks the potent (eye watering) [[Brettellian Potato Spirit]]. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
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=== Species === | === Species === | ||
* The [[Oblongooni]] have thirteen genders. | * The [[Oblongooni]] have thirteen genders. | ||
== Cover Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | |||
Dry_Pilgrimage.jpg|Cover | |||
Dry pilgrimage textless.jpg|Textless Cover | |||
Dry pilgrimage sketch.jpg|Sketch | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * [[Theo Tamlyn]] has studied [[Grel]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oh No It Isn't! (novel)|Oh No It Isn't!]]'', et al.) [[Canopusi]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ghost Devices (novel)|Ghost Devices]]'') and [[Chelonian]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'', et al.) | ||
* [[Hamilton Smith]] proposes theories on: Chelonians, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Highest Science (novel)|The Highest Science]]'', et al.) [[Krakenite]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]'') [[Valethske]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Superior Beings (novel)|Superior Beings]]'') [[Xarax]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dancing the Code (novel)|Dancing the Code]]'') [[Tzun]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Frontier (novel)|First Frontier]]'') and [[Tractite]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Genocide (novel)|Genocide]]'') | |||
* Bernice has several bottles of [[Chateau Yquatine]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'') | |||
* Hamilton Smith is later mentioned in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Fall of Yquatine (novel)|The Fall of Yquatine]]'', ''[[Superior Beings (novel)|Superior Beings]]'', and ''[[Mentioning the War (short story)|Mentioning the War]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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[[Category:1998 novels]] | [[Category:1998 novels]] | ||
[[Category:BNA novels]] | [[Category:BNA novels]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2595]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2595]] | ||
[[Category:Novels set on Dellah]] | [[Category:Novels set on Dellah]] | ||