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'''''Stardoc''''' and its sequels—also collectively known by the title of the first book—are a series by American romance novelist S.L. Viehl that are best described as part [[Space Opera]] and part [[Medical Drama]]. |
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'''The ten books in the series are:''' |
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Viehl's duology ''Bio Rescue'' and ''Afterburn'', the stand-alone novel ''Blade Dancer'', and several short stories are set in [[The Verse|the same universe]], and have some overlap in cast. |
Viehl's duology ''Bio Rescue'' and ''Afterburn'', the stand-alone novel ''Blade Dancer'', and several short stories are set in [[The Verse|the same universe]], and have some overlap in cast. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Precursors]]: The Jxin.}} You don't find out the full extent of their status as such until fairly late in the series. |
* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Precursors]]: The Jxin.}} You don't find out the full extent of their status as such until fairly late in the series. |
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: First, {{spoiler|Cherijo Grey Veil and Kao Torin}}. Later subverted by the son of the Patriarch of Furin: The proposal is an entirely symbolic act of {{spoiler|([[Patricide|entirely feigned]])}} gratitude. |
* [[Accidental Marriage]]: First, {{spoiler|Cherijo Grey Veil and Kao Torin}}. Later subverted by the son of the Patriarch of Furin: The proposal is an entirely symbolic act of {{spoiler|([[Patricide|entirely feigned]])}} gratitude. |
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* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Kao}}, in ''Dream Called Time'', thanks to {{spoiler|Maggie}}. {{spoiler|[[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends|Quite conveniently]], he's [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|forgotten]] everything after a point shortly before meeting Cherijo.}} |
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* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: The series absolutely ''revels'' in it. Jorenians alone have green blood, twelve-chambered hearts, unusually large and complex [[Useless Spleen|spleens]] that [[Averted Trope|are a vital organ to the species]], compartmentalized stomachs, and built-in cartilaginous subdermal "body armor." |
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: The series absolutely ''revels'' in it. Jorenians alone have green blood, twelve-chambered hearts, unusually large and complex [[Useless Spleen|spleens]] that [[Averted Trope|are a vital organ to the species]], compartmentalized stomachs, and built-in cartilaginous subdermal "body armor." |
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* [[Blue Skinned Space Babe]]: Jorenians are arguably an entire race of these. |
* [[Blue Skinned Space Babe]]: Jorenians are arguably an entire race of these. |
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* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: The main plot of ''Dream Called Time''. |
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: The main plot of ''Dream Called Time''. |
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* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Duncan. |
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Duncan. |
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* [[Dead Guy |
* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: Jorenian warriors do this to anyone who [[Papa Wolf|threatens]] their [[Mama Bear|families]]. |
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* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Poor, doomed {{spoiler|Kao}}. |
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Poor, doomed {{spoiler|Kao}}. |
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* [[Designer Babies]]: Are explicitly illegal, thanks to some laws that Joseph Grey Veil got pushed through. {{spoiler|After all, [[Cloning Blues|he can treat his clones as shittily as he damn well pleases that way]].}} |
* [[Designer Babies]]: Are explicitly illegal, thanks to some laws that Joseph Grey Veil got pushed through. {{spoiler|After all, [[Cloning Blues|he can treat his clones as shittily as he damn well pleases that way]].}} |
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* [[Disposable Fiance]]: See above. |
* [[Disposable Fiance]]: See above. |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: [[Humans |
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: [[Humans by Any Other Name|Terrans]] have a [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|mostly-deserved bad reputation]] for being [[Fantastic Racism|rabid xenophobes]]. Extraterrestrials can only even ''visit'' [[Planet Terra|Terra]] on a limited basis, and certainly aren't allowed to ''live'' here {{spoiler|legally, resulting in underground communities of aliens and "[[Half Human Hybrids|breeds]]"}}. As a result, no one likes ''us'' much, either. |
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* [[Flatline Plotline]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo}} instigates one in order to break up with {{spoiler|Xonea}} in ''Beyond Varallan''. Justified in that {{spoiler|[[From a Single Cell|she's basically unkillable]]}}. |
* [[Flatline Plotline]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo}} instigates one in order to break up with {{spoiler|Xonea}} in ''Beyond Varallan''. Justified in that {{spoiler|[[From a Single Cell|she's basically unkillable]]}}. |
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* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one. |
* [[Gay Aesop]]: ''Plague of Memory'' contains an in-universe one. |
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* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]/[[Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid]]: Oh, so many of them. |
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]/[[Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid]]: Oh, so many of them. |
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* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]] |
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Kao and Cherijo in ''Stardoc''. There's also Ilona/Dhreen in ''Eternity Row'', and [[ |
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Between Kao and Cherijo in ''Stardoc''. There's also Ilona/Dhreen in ''Eternity Row'', and [[Invisible to Gaydar|Qonja]]/[[Winged Humanoid|Hawk]] in ''Plague of Memory''. |
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* [[It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It]]: Played disturbingly straight more than once. |
* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: Played disturbingly straight more than once. |
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* [[Mister Seahorse]]: This is how Thgill's species in ''Blade Dancer'' reproduce. Also comes up in ''Stardoc'', when someone naïvely presumes the same of both humans and Jorenians. |
* [[Mister Seahorse]]: This is how Thgill's species in ''Blade Dancer'' reproduce. Also comes up in ''Stardoc'', when someone naïvely presumes the same of both humans and Jorenians. |
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* [[Omniglot]]: Duncan can learn alien languages telepathically by making physical contact with the alien in question. |
* [[Omniglot]]: Duncan can learn alien languages telepathically by making physical contact with the alien in question. |
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* [[Opposite |
* [[Opposite Gender Clone]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo}} is one of {{spoiler|Dr. Joseph Grey Veil}}. This was ostensibly {{spoiler|for the purpose of [[Wife Husbandry]], but it turned out that it was due to the [[Abusive Precursors|Jxin]] meddling}}. |
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* [[Pair the Spares]]: {{spoiler|The "real" Jarn marries Kao in the alternate timeline.}} |
* [[Pair the Spares]]: {{spoiler|The "real" Jarn marries Kao in the alternate timeline.}} |
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* [[Planet Terra]] |
* [[Planet Terra]] |
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* [[Ret-Gone]]: {{spoiler|Cherijo and Duncan go back in time to [[Cosmic Retcon|retcon]] the meddling of the Jxin}}. They end up creating an alternate timeline in which the only real evidence of their existence is the fact that...well, they're ''there''. {{spoiler|And so, [[Bellisario's Maxim|somehow]], is Marel.}} |
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* [[Romantic False Lead]]: {{spoiler|Kao and arguably Xonea (although it was pretty clear from the outset that the latter was a matter of convenience and going nowhere)}} for Cherijo. One could stretch a point and call {{spoiler|[[Not Himself|Jarn]] one for Duncan}}. |
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: {{spoiler|Kao and arguably Xonea (although it was pretty clear from the outset that the latter was a matter of convenience and going nowhere)}} for Cherijo. One could stretch a point and call {{spoiler|[[Not Himself|Jarn]] one for Duncan}}. |
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* [[Screw Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Grey Veil}} fancied himself too good for anyone except his [[Opposite |
* [[Screw Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Grey Veil}} fancied himself too good for anyone except his [[Opposite Gender Clone]]. |
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** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]]. |
** He's also implied to have {{spoiler|anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis}}. All in the name of science, [[Blatant Lies|of course]]. |
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* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior |
* [[Veganopia]]: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an [[Planet of Hats|entire]] [[Proud Warrior Race|race of]] [[Cultured Warrior]]s and/or [[Warrior Poet]]s ''and'' as a [[Superior Species]] ([[Humans Are the Real Monsters|by default]]). |
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* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: Dr. Joseph Grey Veil, and ''how''. |
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* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite |
* [[Wife Husbandry]]: Turned out to be {{spoiler|exactly why Grey Veil [[Opposite Gender Clone|created Cherijo]] in the first place. ([[Mind Screw|Maybe.]])}} |
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* [[Yandere]]. {{spoiler|Ktarka}}, ''[[Up to Eleven|so]]'' much. {{spoiler|Xonea}} is [[Flanderized]] into this in later books. |
* [[Yandere]]. {{spoiler|Ktarka}}, ''[[Up to Eleven|so]]'' much. {{spoiler|Xonea}} is [[Flanderized]] into this in later books. |
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 28 July 2020
Stardoc and its sequels—also collectively known by the title of the first book—are a series by American romance novelist S.L. Viehl that are best described as part Space Opera and part Medical Drama.
The ten books in the series are:
- Stardoc
- Beyond Varallan
- Endurance
- Shockball
- Eternity Row
- Rebel Ice
- Plague of Memory
- Omega Games
- Crystal Healer
- Dream Called Time
Viehl's duology Bio Rescue and Afterburn, the stand-alone novel Blade Dancer, and several short stories are set in the same universe, and have some overlap in cast.
This page needs a better description. You can help this wiki by expanding or clarifying the information given. |
Tropes used in Stardoc include:
- Abusive Precursors: The Jxin. You don't find out the full extent of their status as such until fairly late in the series.
- Accidental Marriage: First, Cherijo Grey Veil and Kao Torin. Later subverted by the son of the Patriarch of Furin: The proposal is an entirely symbolic act of (entirely feigned) gratitude.
- Back from the Dead: Kao, in Dream Called Time, thanks to Maggie. Quite conveniently, he's forgotten everything after a point shortly before meeting Cherijo.
- Bizarre Alien Biology: The series absolutely revels in it. Jorenians alone have green blood, twelve-chambered hearts, unusually large and complex spleens that are a vital organ to the species, compartmentalized stomachs, and built-in cartilaginous subdermal "body armor."
- Blue Skinned Space Babe: Jorenians are arguably an entire race of these.
- Burial in Space: Jorenian tradition, as seen in Stardoc, is for the dead to be ejected from the ship on a course that will result in cremation by stellar or planetary atmosphere. As seen in Plague of Memory, it doesn't always go as planned.
- Cosmic Retcon: The main plot of Dream Called Time.
- Cunning Linguist: Duncan.
- Dead Guy on Display: Jorenian warriors do this to anyone who threatens their families.
- Death of the Hypotenuse: Poor, doomed Kao.
- Designer Babies: Are explicitly illegal, thanks to some laws that Joseph Grey Veil got pushed through. After all, he can treat his clones as shittily as he damn well pleases that way.
- Disposable Fiance: See above.
- Fantastic Racism: Terrans have a mostly-deserved bad reputation for being rabid xenophobes. Extraterrestrials can only even visit Terra on a limited basis, and certainly aren't allowed to live here legally, resulting in underground communities of aliens and "breeds". As a result, no one likes us much, either.
- Flatline Plotline: Cherijo instigates one in order to break up with Xonea in Beyond Varallan. Justified in that she's basically unkillable.
- Gay Aesop: Plague of Memory contains an in-universe one.
- Half-Human Hybrid/Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid: Oh, so many of them.
- Humans Are the Real Monsters
- Interspecies Romance: Between Kao and Cherijo in Stardoc. There's also Ilona/Dhreen in Eternity Row, and Qonja/Hawk in Plague of Memory.
- "It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It": Played disturbingly straight more than once.
- Mister Seahorse: This is how Thgill's species in Blade Dancer reproduce. Also comes up in Stardoc, when someone naïvely presumes the same of both humans and Jorenians.
- Omniglot: Duncan can learn alien languages telepathically by making physical contact with the alien in question.
- Opposite Gender Clone: Cherijo is one of Dr. Joseph Grey Veil. This was ostensibly for the purpose of Wife Husbandry, but it turned out that it was due to the Jxin meddling.
- Pair the Spares: The "real" Jarn marries Kao in the alternate timeline.
- Planet Terra
- Ret-Gone: Cherijo and Duncan go back in time to retcon the meddling of the Jxin. They end up creating an alternate timeline in which the only real evidence of their existence is the fact that...well, they're there. And so, somehow, is Marel.
- Romantic False Lead: Kao and arguably Xonea (although it was pretty clear from the outset that the latter was a matter of convenience and going nowhere) for Cherijo. One could stretch a point and call Jarn one for Duncan.
- Screw Yourself: Grey Veil fancied himself too good for anyone except his Opposite Gender Clone.
- He's also implied to have anally raped one of his male clones to infect the latter with syphilis. All in the name of science, of course.
- Veganopia: Jorenians are, for the most part, vegetarians (despite being a pastoralist culture whose ancestors were predators). Zigzagged in that they're portrayed as both an entire race of Cultured Warriors and/or Warrior Poets and as a Superior Species (by default).
- Villain with Good Publicity: Dr. Joseph Grey Veil, and how.
- Wife Husbandry: Turned out to be exactly why Grey Veil created Cherijo in the first place. (Maybe.)
- Yandere. Ktarka, so much. Xonea is Flanderized into this in later books.