Word: earth
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Supermax. All that, however, has been debilitating, says Felipe's lawyer, Lawrence Feitell. "His power of speech is deteriorating." Could this murderous quartet become Four Characters in Search of a Talk Show? Feitell doubts they will be chums, but "in their universe they are the last four people on earth." Frankly, they all deserve one another...
...begin with, the plot is formulaic and lacks any real suspense. Taking place in the outer reaches of space, Wing Commander begins in the midst of a war raging between the Earth-centered Confederation and the hostile cat-race of the Kilrathi. The Kilrathi, having captured a Confederation navigation unit, are on their way to besiege Earth. Rookie pilot Christopher Blair is entrusted to prevent the impending Kilrathi assault. Blair's heritage as a pilgrim of the first settlers of space endowed with mysterious superhuman navigation powers is particularly overplayed and seems to be cashing in on the anticipation...
...these people aren't just freaks that exist for the purpose of amusing others. More often than not, society's most marginal figures are its greatest contributors. How many maladjusted geeks have made earth-shattering scientific discoveries? How many tortured souls are responsible for our most extraordinary works...
Erin: "Dude, I haven't seen you in days. Where have you been? Did you fall off the face of the earth? Are you okay...
...Chaouli counters, the flat earth theory is useful to literary scholars...