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Re:Ways to travel at nearly the speed of light by newsbinator on Sunday June 02, 2019 @12:58AM (#20073552)
One of the most interesting parts to me of Pham Nuwen's character was his relationship to his distant descendants.

Humans just aren't wired to consider family members beyond 3 or 4 generations up and down.

Perhaps I'd feel the same general apathy as Pham Nuwen 20 generations down. Then again, he had other familial issues that played a part.

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Re:Ways to travel at nearly the speed of light by mirimir on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:22AM (#20073634)
One started with him hiding in a nursing home, after faking his death. I don't recall specifics, but I suppose that it's possible that all of the other characters are his descendants. And they had spent a long time looking for him.

In the other, he'd been resurrected by some godlike AI as a meatspace agent. Millennia after the Qeng Ho era, I think.

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