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'''''Down Among the Dead Men''''' was Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s first published book. It detailed the young archaeologist's experiences excavating an [[Ice Warrior]] site at [[Mare Sirenum]] on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: | '''''Down Among the Dead Men''''' was Professor [[Bernice Summerfield]]'s first published book. It detailed the young archaeologist's experiences excavating an [[Ice Warrior]] site at [[Mare Sirenum]] on [[Mars]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (novel)}}, {{cs|The Dying Days (novel)}}) Though it was a best seller, and was a great help to her in obtaining employment at [[St Oscar's University]] on [[Dellah]], Benny sometimes had mixed feelings about it — describing it, at one point, as a book that "everyone bought, but no one read." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Oh No It Isn't! (novel)}}) Other readers were kinder: [[St Oscar's University|St Oscar's]] student [[Theo Tamlyn]] thought it was "one of the few readable textbooks he'd encountered". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dry Pilgrimage (novel)}}) | ||
Whilst some accounts indicated that the book was published in [[2466]], ([[PROSE]]: | Whilst some accounts indicated that the book was published in [[2466]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (novel)}}) another indicated that it was published in [[2566]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Many Happy Returns (audio story)}}) | ||
A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: | A revised edition was published in [[2593]] by [[St Oscar's University]] Press, [[Dellah]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Walking to Babylon (novel)}}) This revised edition was called ''Down Among the Dead Men Again''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Seeing I (novel)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Buried Treasures (audio anthology)}}) | ||
After the novel became a best-seller, Benny's publishers wanted her to write a sequel. She kept on putting it off, for instance by spending her time writing an essay entitled "[[Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of The Descent of Inanna on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture|Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of ''The Descent of Inanna'' on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture]]". ([[PROSE]]: | After the novel became a best-seller, Benny's publishers wanted her to write a sequel. She kept on putting it off, for instance by spending her time writing an essay entitled "[[Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of The Descent of Inanna on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture|Devil Gate Drive: The Influence of ''The Descent of Inanna'' on Twentieth-Century Popular Culture]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Walking to Babylon (novel)}}) | ||
The [[Eighth Doctor]] asked [[Compassion]] if she had ever read ''Down Among the Dead Men''. ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Eighth Doctor]] once asked [[Compassion]] if she had ever read ''Down Among the Dead Men''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Coldheart (novel)}}) | ||
[[Lynton Jellis]] had a copy, which he asked Bernice to sign. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Lynton Jellis]] had a copy, which he asked Bernice to sign. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Silver Lining (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Professor Altazar]] possessed a copy, which Bernice was initially pleased to see, before finding, upon flicking through, that he had made many notes in the book, many "quite angry". Trying to hide her disappointment, she noted that it ''had'' been her first book, and hoped that she had improved since, at which Altazar commented that he had also made extensive notes in her other books. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Rhubarb (audio story)|minute=7|second=20}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||