Soundings

Description

What becomes of a deep space explorer once a long-settled land is reached? Astronaut Linien Primae arrives on Aesop, a human colony 4000 years in the making. For most arrivals, conforming to the leisure classes is a way of life, all watched over and entertained by Cybernet's Neural Swarm. But a society of docile unquestioning citizens makes for a sickly sort of equality. It's too much like voluntary servitude for Linien