THE GOLDEN AGE
Copyright © 2002 by John C. Wright
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001058468
First edition: April 2002
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE
grouped by nervous system formation (neuroform)
Biochemical Self-Aware Entities
Base neuroform
PHAETHON PRIME of RHADAMANTH, Silver-Gray
Manorial School HELION RELIC of RHADAMANTH, Phaethon's sire,
founder of the Silver-Gray Manorial School, and a
peer DAPHNE TERCIUS SEMI-RHADAMANTH, Phaethon's
wife GANNIS HUNDRED-MIND GANNIS, Synergistic-
Synnoint School, a peer ATKINS VINGT-ET-UN GENERAL-ISSUE, a soldier
Nonstandard neuroforms
VAFNIR of MERCURY EQUILATERAL STATION, a peer
XENOPHON of FARAWAY, Tritonic Neuroform Composure School, called the Neptunians
XINGIS of NEREID, also called DIOMEDES, Silver-Gray School
Alternate Organization neuroform, commonly called
Warlocks
AO AOEN, the Master-Dreamer, a peer
NEO-ORPHEUS the Apostate, protonothary and chair
of the College of Hortators ORPHEUS MYRIAD AVERNUS, founder of the Second
Immortality, a Peer
Cortial-Thalamically Integrated neuroform, commonly called Invariants
KES SENNEC the Logician, a peer
Cerebelline neuroform
WHEEL-OF-LIFE, an Ecological Mathematician, a peer GREEN-MOTHER, the artiste who organizes the ecological performance at Destiny Lake
Mass-Mind Compositions
The ELEEMOSYNARY COMPOSITION, a Peer
The HARMONIOUS COMPOSITION, of the College of
Hortators The BELLIPOTENT COMPOSITION (disbanded)
Electrophotonic Self-Aware Entities
Sophotechs
RHADAMANTHUS, a manor-house of the Silver-Gray School, million-cycle capacity
EVENINGSTAR, a manor-house of the Red school, million-cycle capacity
NEBUCHEDNEZZAR, advisor to the College of Hortators, ten-million-cycle capacity
HARRIER, consulting detective, one-hundred-thousand-cycle capacity
