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Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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James Bond

Literature; Fiction

James Bond is a fictional character created by the writer Ian Fleming in 1953, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The British Secret Service agent ...

Sherlock Holmes

Literature; Fiction

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is the main protagonist in 56 short stories and four novels ...

remittance man

Literature; Fiction

(Or remittance woman.) Some of the Hub's wealthy commercial dynasties deal with unsatisfactory or unprofitable family members by providing them with a "remittance" (usually a ...

registered alias

Literature; Fiction

A legal alternate identity. Several governments and commercial services are chartered under Hub Mercantile Council regulations to provide registered aliases. A registered alias ...

xenopreserve

Literature; Fiction

Artificial environments, sequestered by Tavis field generators, engineered to provide conditions allowing xenic (non-terratype) life forms to flourish. Most xenopreserves are ...

ComWeb

Literature; Fiction

The Hub's largest commercial space-based communications network, using modified TPE beacon technology to relay transmissible media through subspace.

Tayun

Literature; Fiction

Part of the Ophiuchi Circuit, the Tayun colony has a reputation for permissive business regulation and ferocious commercial vendettas.