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Alien Murders: Deborah Rabinowitz Mysteries |
Deborah
Rabinowitz lives in a future when we've contacted other life
forms, but interstellar distances make it impossible to visit
them physically. Instead, people travel through virtual space to
get from planet to planet. There are two methods of
accomplishing this. The first, and most popular, is by using
virtual reality (VR), commonly called "veering." Here you can
create an alternate reality in which you and any companions can
interact, while you physically stay in your own surroundings.
The second method, which is more awkward and cumbersome is by
telepresence (TP), or "teeping." This way you physically
control a robot body on a foreign world and see what it actually
looks like rather than virtual scenery conceived by the
host. The only commodities that can be traded are
intellectual properties such as books, art, and ideas, so she's
a literary broker. She sells the publishing rights for Earth
books to other worlds. And, along the way, she just so happens
to come across murders she has to solve.
This book contains two novelettes, The Height of Intrigue and The Sword Unswayed, both of which originally appeared in Analog magazine in the 1990s. There may be more Rabinowitz stories one of these days--Deborah's a fascinating character. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy Alien Murders.