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The Mary-Sue Extrusion.jpg|1999 | |||
The Mary-Sue Extrusion PD.jpg|2007 | |||
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|series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
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|featuring = Jason Kane | |featuring = Jason Kane | ||
|featuring2 = Emile Mars-Smith | |featuring2 = Emile Mars-Smith | ||
|featuring3 = Mira ( | |featuring3 = Mira (Ship of Fools) | ||
|featuring4 = Bernice Summerfield | |featuring4 = Bernice Summerfield | ||
|enemy = [[All-High God]]s | |enemy = [[All-High God]]s | ||
|setting = [[Thanaxos]], [[Dellah]] and the [[Proximan Chain]], [[2595]] | |setting = [[Thanaxos]], [[Dellah]] and the [[Proximan Chain]], [[2595]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Dave Stone | ||
|cover = [[Fred Gambino]] | |cover = [[Fred Gambino]] | ||
|publisher = Virgin Books | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|release date = | |release date = 1 February 1999 | ||
|format = Paperback Book, 243 Pages | |format = Paperback Book, 243 Pages | ||
|isbn = ISBN 0-426-20531-6 | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20531-6 | ||
|prev = Where Angels Fear (novel) | |prev = Where Angels Fear (novel) | ||
|next = Dead Romance (novel) | |next = Dead Romance (novel) | ||
}} | |release date2=9 October 2015 (ebook)|release date3=|reprint=March 2007}} | ||
'''''The Mary-Sue Extrusion''''' was the seventy-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was the first novel since ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' to be almost entirely told from the point of view of somebody other than [[Bernice Summerfield]], being told from the point of view of the [[Stratum Seven agent]]. He did, however, encounter several of Benny's friends and associates throughout the novel. | '''''The Mary-Sue Extrusion''''' was the seventy-ninth [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was the first novel since ''[[Deadfall (novel)|Deadfall]]'' to be almost entirely told from the point of view of somebody other than [[Bernice Summerfield]], being told from the point of view of the [[Stratum Seven agent]]. He did, however, encounter several of Benny's friends and associates throughout the novel. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
=== Virgin === | |||
"[[Bernice Summerfield]] seemed to hold the key. She was in it up to her neck, and she was the one person left who could tell me what I needed to know. I rather hoped it wouldn't be necessary to snap said neck and kill her." | "[[Bernice Summerfield]] seemed to hold the key. She was in it up to her neck, and she was the one person left who could tell me what I needed to know. I rather hoped it wouldn't be necessary to snap said neck and kill her." | ||
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Only one person has the pieces of the puzzle that might prevent the coming collapse - Bernice Summerfield. The problem is, she's missing, and what's more she's not feeling precisely herself. And if Benny doesn't find out exactly who she is, and how she can fit into her newly shattered world, there isn't going to be a world for her to come back to at all. | Only one person has the pieces of the puzzle that might prevent the coming collapse - Bernice Summerfield. The problem is, she's missing, and what's more she's not feeling precisely herself. And if Benny doesn't find out exactly who she is, and how she can fit into her newly shattered world, there isn't going to be a world for her to come back to at all. | ||
=== Reprint === | |||
'[[Delbane]] was the one who could tell me what I needed to know. She was in it up to her neck. I rather hoped I wouldn't have to snap it.' | |||
The planet [[Samara]]h, once the home of the über-rich, now lies in ruins. And things stalk through them, twisting the survivors to their unholy will.The effects are being felt from the [[Thanaxos Hegemony]] to the heart of the [[Proximan Chain]]. There's a war coming, and it's coming soon, and nobody will be crawling from the wreckage. | |||
Only [[Pandora Delbane|Pandora]] has the pieces to the puzzle that, if solved, might prevent the impending collapse. Only problem is she's missing. And she's not entirely herself. Oh, all right; two problems. | |||
Yet another tale revivified by the author to suit these modern times, and all the cool hep-cats with their pompadours and electric banjos. Give me beer vouchers. Give them to me now. | |||
== Chapter titles == | == Chapter titles == | ||
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Slipping away from the Sultan's palace, the agent goes to the ruins of [[St Oscar's University]] and finds [[Bernice Summerfield's diaries|Benny's diary]] in which she writes about her companion, Rebecca, and about how she took a [[Mary-Sue]]. The agent fails to notice G'jimo acting strangely and, hurt, does not question Sela when she breaks off their [[sex]]ual relationship because of it being immoral. | Slipping away from the Sultan's palace, the agent goes to the ruins of [[St Oscar's University]] and finds [[Bernice Summerfield's diaries|Benny's diary]] in which she writes about her companion, Rebecca, and about how she took a [[Mary-Sue]]. The agent fails to notice G'jimo acting strangely and, hurt, does not question Sela when she breaks off their [[sex]]ual relationship because of it being immoral. | ||
The agent travels to the [[Proximan Chain]] where his search for Benny brings him to the attention of [[Jason Kane]], whose quasi-[[telepathy|telepathic]] friend, [[Mira ( | The agent travels to the [[Proximan Chain]] where his search for Benny brings him to the attention of [[Jason Kane]], whose quasi-[[telepathy|telepathic]] friend, [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]], uses her power to assess that the agent is not a threat. The three of them go to [[Beta Caprisis]] after Jason recognises the name "Rebecca" as belonging to Benny's [[doll]] and they find her, with [[Wolsey]], calling herself "Rebecca" and her doll "Benny". Stranding the people who tried to kill the agent on Luna, Benny tells the group that she returned to Dellah to save Wolsey and that the Mary-Sue was to protect her from being influenced by the gods. | ||
G'jimo has returned to Thanaxos as a [[prophet]]. On the way there, Benny requests that they land on an unnamed planet to pick up [[Emile Mars-Smith]], who has [[exile]]d himself to starve the god in his mind, in the hopes that the god within him and the one now on Thanaxos will cancel each other out. However, the god within Emile began taking on the other's power until the agent punches Emile in the face and knocks him out. The agent then confronts the Thanaxon Volan about sending the [[assassin]]s after him to keep him from exposing his embezzlement of Pseudopod [[money]], leading Volan to throw a [[stupid bomb]] and run. | G'jimo has returned to Thanaxos as a [[prophet]]. On the way there, Benny requests that they land on an unnamed planet to pick up [[Emile Mars-Smith]], who has [[exile]]d himself to starve the god in his mind, in the hopes that the god within him and the one now on Thanaxos will cancel each other out. However, the god within Emile began taking on the other's power until the agent punches Emile in the face and knocks him out. The agent then confronts the Thanaxon Volan about sending the [[assassin]]s after him to keep him from exposing his embezzlement of Pseudopod [[money]], leading Volan to throw a [[stupid bomb]] and run. | ||
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* [[Kimo Ani]] | * [[Kimo Ani]] | ||
* [[Jason Kane]] | * [[Jason Kane]] | ||
* [[Mira ( | * [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]] | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
* [[Wolsey]] | * [[Wolsey]] | ||
* [[Emile Mars-Smith]] | * [[Emile Mars-Smith]] | ||
== | === Original to reprint === | ||
* [[Pandora Delbane]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
=== Businesses === | === Businesses === | ||
* [[Pseudopod Enterprises SA]] are a "holding corporation" (ie a front) for other, less savoury companies. | * [[Pseudopod Enterprises SA]] are a "holding corporation" (ie a front) for other, less savoury companies. | ||
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* The [[Stratum Seven Agent]] has [[Stratum Seven]] clearance. | * The [[Stratum Seven Agent]] has [[Stratum Seven]] clearance. | ||
* Prince [[G'jimo]], is a quite stupid individual. He gets possessed by an [[All-High God]] (the Dellahan gods). | * Prince [[G'jimo]], is a quite stupid individual. He gets possessed by an [[All-High God]] (the Dellahan gods). | ||
* [[Mira ( | * [[Mira (Ship of Fools)|Mira]] isn't a [[telepath]]. | ||
* Professor Sabron Jones used to be a [[chemist]] at [[St Oscar's University]], but is now held at detention facility, tortured by the inmates. He saw Benny being saved by [[Clarence]]. | * Professor Sabron Jones used to be a [[chemist]] at [[St Oscar's University]], but is now held at detention facility, tortured by the inmates. He saw Benny being saved by [[Clarence]]. | ||
* [[Bernice Summerfield]] has a "[[Mary-Sue]]" performed. Following the Mary Sue she calls herself Rebecca. Her return to Dellah to pick up [[Wolsey]] was the incident that activated the Mary Sue. | * [[Bernice Summerfield]] has a "[[Mary-Sue]]" performed. Following the Mary Sue she calls herself Rebecca. Her return to Dellah to pick up [[Wolsey]] was the incident that activated the Mary Sue. | ||
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* {{whoniverse|na79|The Mary-Sue Extrusion}} | * {{whoniverse|na79|The Mary-Sue Extrusion}} | ||
* [https://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/rsmith43/cloister/mary.htm The Cloister Library: '''The Mary-Sue Extrusion'''] | |||
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