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Number / Name
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Why I liked it
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120 / 2:1
The 37's
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Our crew meets the 20th century.
Being offered a new home, instead of the long journey home.
The family sticks together.
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121 / 2:2
Initiations
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Indians.
Rite of manhood.
Death or dishonor.
There are no 2nd chances in battle.
Crossing the cultural boundary successfully.
Good!
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117 / 2:3
Projections
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All alone on the ship.
The doctor out of sickbay. Playing hero.
Fake is real, real is fake... Complicated!
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118 / 2:4
Elogium
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Relationships. Children? And it's almost the only theme.
The ultimate "she wants children, he..."
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122 / 2:5
Non sequitur
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Alternate universe.
Our crew, if they never left home.
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119 / 2:6
Twisted
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Places - change places. Fun with space.
Powerless.
About to die - what to do. E.g. seek company.
Communication.
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123 / 2:7
Parturitions
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A love triangle. Trying to be professional at the same time.
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124 / 2:8
Persistence of vision
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Greater freedom of movement.
Stress.
Hallucinations.
Facing a loved one.
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125 / 2:9
Tattoo
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Indians. And, "super indians".
Learning compassion.
History repeating itself.
Understanding ones roots.
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126 / 2:10
Cold fire
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The thrilling possibility of a shortcut.
An actor from "Alien nation"!
Telepathy. Tele-a-lot-of-things.
Do I stay or do I go?
Discipline.
Arrogance. Superiority.
Exploring potential.
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127 / 2:11
Maneuvers
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A traitor.
Ex-lovers meeting again.
Not following orders. Facing the consequences.
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128 / 2:12
Resistance
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The captain and her "father".
Military government.
Insanity.
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129 / 2:13
Prototype
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A robot. Dying, but saved. Wanting to procreate. Wanting a weapon.
Killed by ones own creation. Frankenstein.
P.D.
The rights of artificial lifeforms.
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131 / 2:14
Alliances
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Give up principles? To save lives? No!
Negotiations.
Treat people like animals, and they will act as animals.
Learning from mistakes. Or maybe not.
Talking about peace, thinking about violence.
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132 / 2:15
Threshold
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The journey home might suddenly be much shorter.
Why is the pilot of a new kind of flight so special - not the engineer?
An extraordinary experience.
A crewmember, dying, dead, reviving, changing. (Nice touch with the pulsating head.)
An off screen fight - rare.
Evolution. Development.
Children!
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133 / 2:16
Meld
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A mystery.
Not feeling anything. Psychotic?
Death penalty. The right punishment.
Annoying cook - nice surprise.
Gambling.
Exchanging mind characteristics. The violent one controlled and vice versa.
The unemotional one - feeling! The good one evil. The protector now a killer.
The attraction of violence.
A very interesting victim. The pupil becoming the teacher.
Very good!
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134 / 2:17
Dreadnought
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Trust and loyalty broken. Guilt.
Who's smarter, the program or the programmer?
Willing to die to save others.
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130 / 2:18
Death wish
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The right to die. The right to choose.
Challenge. Development. Facing the unknown. Versus boredom.
Asylum.
The individual threatens the society.
Forcing life on people.
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136 / 2:19
Lifesigns
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Miracolous recovery.
Seeing oneself from the outside.
AI, falling in love.
Low selfworth.
Survive, or live?
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135 / 2:20
Investigations
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Investigative journalism.
A crewmember leaving.
Different secrets, for different reasons.
Spies.
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137 / 2:21
Deadlock
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A birth.
Death and destruction.
Alternate realities. Communication between them.
A sacrifice. By whom?
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138 / 2:22
Innocence
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Relating to children.
Diplomacy. Getting to know each other. Breaking a taboo.
Planning death for children?
Life running backwards.
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139 / 2:23
The thaw
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Artificial hibernation. Conscious for years in an artificial environment.
Fear.
Phantasies fighting to survive.
Hostages.
A death, shown in a fascinating graphical way.
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140 / 2:24
Tuvix
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2 persons fused into 1. Losing 2 persons, gaining a 3rd. Is it okay to kill that 3rd person
to get the 2 back?
A lose/lose situation.
Touching. Very good.
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141 / 2:25
Resolutions
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The 1st and 2nd in command forced to leave the ship. So, a new captain.
Hope or acceptance?
Going primitive.
A romance.
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142 / 2:26
Basics, part I
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A child, in danger. The father wanting to help, maybe. Accepting the child, as it wasn't a choice?
An insane criminal, healed. Wanting to give something back.
Losing the ship, being left on a planet.
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Anne McCaffrey
