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{{Infobox Story | |image = Dry Pilgrimage.jpg | ||
|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | |||
|image= Dry Pilgrimage.jpg | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |number in range = 74 | ||
|number= | |number = 74 | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|enemy= | |enemy = The Khulyan, Czarita Violaine | ||
|setting= [[Dellah]] | |setting = [[Dellah]], [[2595]] | ||
|writer= | |writer = Paul Leonard, Nick Walters | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |cover = [[John Sullivan]] | ||
|release date= | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 292 Pages | |release date = 3 May 1998 | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20525-1 | |format = Paperback Book, 292 Pages | ||
|prev= The Medusa Effect (novel) | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20525-1 | ||
|next= The Sword of Forever (novel)}} | |prev = The Medusa Effect (novel) | ||
'''''Dry Pilgrimage''''' | |next = The Sword of Forever (novel) | ||
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'''''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 == | ||
{{dwrefguide|who_na74.htm|Dry Pilgrimage}} | |||
* {{whoniverse|na74|Dry Pilgrimage}} | * {{whoniverse|na74|Dry Pilgrimage}} | ||
* [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/dryp.htm The Cloister Library: '''Dry Pilgrimage'''] | * [http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/dryp.htm The Cloister Library: '''Dry Pilgrimage'''] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 17 January 2024
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[[edit]]
"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.
But all is not what it seems.
Benny's holiday rapidly goes from bad to worse to downright dangerous. For a start, the "luxury cruise" is a religious pilgrimage, and alcohol is forbidden to those on board. Then she is attacked, badly injured and confined to a wheelchair.
And that's before the murder.
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[[edit]]
- 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[[edit]]
to be added
Characters[[edit]]
- Bernice Summerfield
- Vitor Pluse
- Jane Waspo
- Maeve Ruthven
- Theo Tamlyn
- Karl Donimo
- Vilbian
- Brion Arvaile
- Captain Dieter Fontana
- Professor Hugh Southernay
- Martine Ingersköld
- Professor Hamilton Smith
Worldbuilding[[edit]]
Aquatic vessels[[edit]]
- Captain Dieter Fontana is captain of the Lady of Lorelei.
Fashion and clothing[[edit]]
- Bernice wears a purple velvet bikini, with gold tassels on the nipples and a big star on the crotch.
Foods and beverages[[edit]]
- Benny, in a desperate search for alcohol, drinks the potent (eye watering) Brettellian Potato Spirit.
Individuals[[edit]]
- Maeve Ruthven gets killed, has her mind put inside a Saraani, then inside a bioconstruct, goes on a rampage, recovers and then dies.
- Maeve Ruthven is a professor and member of St Oscar's Comparative Religion department.
- Martine Ingersköld is a climatologist.
- Professor Hamilton Smith specialises in alien-human interaction.
Planets[[edit]]
Religion[[edit]]
- Marunianism was a religion which believed all science is evil, but is now just against: genetics, vivisection and for no reason, experimentation. Its roots are in Protestantism.
Species[[edit]]
- The Oblongooni have thirteen genders.
Cover Gallery[[edit]]
Notes[[edit]]
to be added
Continuity[[edit]]
- Theo Tamlyn has studied Grel, (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't!, et al.) Canopusi, (PROSE: Ghost Devices) and Chelonians. (PROSE: The Highest Science, et al.)
- Hamilton Smith proposes theories on: Chelonians, (PROSE: The Highest Science, et al.) Krakenites, (PROSE: Dreamstone Moon) Valethske, (PROSE: Superior Beings) Xarax, (PROSE: Dancing the Code) Tzun, (PROSE: First Frontier) and Tractites. (PROSE: Genocide)
- Bernice has several bottles of Chateau Yquatine. (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine)
- Hamilton Smith is later mentioned in PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine, Superior Beings, and Mentioning the War.
External links[[edit]]
- Dry Pilgrimage at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Dry Pilgrimage at The Whoniverse
- The Cloister Library: Dry Pilgrimage