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The ''Hermetic Millenium'' trilogy is a [[Hard Science Fiction]]/[[Space Opera]] series in progress by [[John C Wright]].
''[[The Eschaton Sequence]]'' is a [[Hard Science Fiction]]/[[Space Opera]] series by [[John C. Wright]].


As of December 2019, the books in the series include:
=== Books thus far. ===
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* ''Count to a Trillion''


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* ''[[Count to a Trillion]]''
==== Tropes featured ====
* ''[[The Hermetic Millennia]]''
* ''[[The Judge of Ages]]
* ''[[The Architect of Aeons]]''
* ''[[The Vindication of Man]]''
* ''[[Count to Infinity]]''

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'''MOD NOTE:''' These tropes most likely apply solely to ''Count to a Trillion'', the first book in the series, as it was the only one published when this page was originally written for TV Tropes (and it wasn't updated before the fork). They should be moved to a page for that book, leaving behind only those tropes which apply to the series as a whole.
* [[Abdicate the Throne]]: A theoretical solution to their problems, at one point.
* [[Abdicate the Throne]]: A theoretical solution to their problems, at one point.
* [[Above Good and Evil]]: We don't have to teach post humans to be good while we make them.
* [[Above Good and Evil]]: We don't have to teach post humans to be good while we make them.
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* [[The Captain]]: Princess Rania also commands the world's only (functioning) starship.
* [[The Captain]]: Princess Rania also commands the world's only (functioning) starship.
* [[The Chains of Commanding]]: The princess is deeply involved in her people's welfare.
* [[The Chains of Commanding]]: The princess is deeply involved in her people's welfare.
* [[Cold Sleep Cold Future]]
* [[Cold Sleep, Cold Future]]
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: The ending of ''Count to a Trillion''
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: The ending of ''Count to a Trillion''
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[Cry Into Chest]]: Rania possibly invokes this with Menelaus.
* [[Cry Into Chest]]: Rania possibly invokes this with Menelaus.
* [[Dirty Business]]: Dealing with blighters.
* [[Dirty Business]]: Dealing with blighters.
* [[Doctors Orders]]: Menelaus can talk casually with the effective ruler of Earth. When he must be examined by a doctor, he finds it much harder to assert himself.
* [[Doctor's Orders]]: Menelaus can talk casually with the effective ruler of Earth. When he must be examined by a doctor, he finds it much harder to assert himself.
* [[Dreaming the Truth]]: Menelaus
* [[Dreaming the Truth]]: Menelaus
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Captain Grimaldi {{spoiler|At least according to Blackie}}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Captain Grimaldi {{spoiler|At least according to Blackie}}
* [[Duel to The Death]]: Menelaus's occupation, as junior member of a law firm.
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Menelaus's occupation, as junior member of a law firm.
* [[Due to The Dead]]: Menelaus's only objection to the absence of religion.
* [[Due to the Dead]]: Menelaus's only objection to the absence of religion.
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: Used to soothe the conscience, by some characters.
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]: Used to soothe the conscience, by some characters.
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* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Blackie
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Blackie
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[How Many Fingers]]: [[The Medic]] tries this.
* [[How Many Fingers?]]: [[The Medic]] tries this.
* [[Human Popsicle]]
* [[Human Popsicle]]
* [[I Gave My Word]]: Why Menelaus survived.
* [[I Gave My Word]]: Why Menelaus survived.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Blackie, Rania, and Menelaus.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Blackie, Rania, and Menelaus.
** [[Two Person Love Triangle]]: Menelaus, [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Iron Menelaus]], and Rania.
** [[Two-Person Love Triangle]]: Menelaus, [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Iron Menelaus]], and Rania.
** [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: Rania fell in love with Iron Menelaus.
** [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: Rania fell in love with Iron Menelaus.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Menelaus tries a very hypothetical experiment out on himself. The effect is very strange.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Menelaus tries a very hypothetical experiment out on himself. The effect is very strange.
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* [[Men Don't Cry]]: His mother insists on this.
* [[Men Don't Cry]]: His mother insists on this.
* [[The Mutiny]]
* [[The Mutiny]]
* [[Murder By Cremation]]: {{spoiler|What really happened to Prince Ranier}}.
* [[Murder by Cremation]]: {{spoiler|What really happened to Prince Ranier}}.
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: Menelaus's [[Super Serum]]. He gets called on this by Blackie.
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: Menelaus's [[Super Serum]]. He gets called on this by Blackie.
* [[One Head Taller]]: Mentally invoked by Menelaus after Princess Rania's growth spurt: "He hated the fact that the top of her head no longer fit nicely under his chin when they hugged...It seemed obscurely unnatural, as if someone had made a mistake when putting the universe together."
* [[One Head Taller]]: Mentally invoked by Menelaus after Princess Rania's growth spurt: "He hated the fact that the top of her head no longer fit nicely under his chin when they hugged...It seemed obscurely unnatural, as if someone had made a mistake when putting the universe together."
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* [[Royal Blood]]
* [[Royal Blood]]
* [[Servant Race]]: to be genetically engineered.
* [[Servant Race]]: to be genetically engineered.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''The Asymptote'', an animated work viewed by the main character which seems to kick everything off.
* [[Shout Out]]: Pretty blatant one to [[Star Trek]]/Buck Rogers/Babylon 5 in ''Asymptote''; "Blackie" del Azarchel is a homage to Blackie Duquesne from the Skylark series.
* [[Slave Race]]: The aliens' plans for us.
* [[Slave Race]]: The aliens' plans for us.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Menelaus swings between "aw shucks" Texanisms and ultrafluent Lawyerese or [[Antiquated Linguistics]].
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Menelaus swings between "aw shucks" Texanisms and ultrafluent Lawyerese or [[Antiquated Linguistics]].
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* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]
* [[Super Serum]] / [[Psycho Serum]]
* [[Super Serum]] / [[Psycho Serum]]
* [[Tap On the Head]]: Takes Menelaus out, old style.
* [[Tap on the Head]]: Takes Menelaus out, old style.
* [[Time Abyss]]: To quote the author, the story will be followed to "the year Oh-My-Gosh-That's-A-Lot-Of-Zeroes".
* [[Time Abyss]]: To quote the author, the story will be followed to "the year Oh-My-Gosh-That's-A-Lot-Of-Zeroes".
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Title Drop]]
* [[Truly Single Parent]]: The princess has only a father, though he was not the one to make her.
* [[Truly Single Parent]]: The princess has only a father, though he was not the one to make her.
* [[Uh-Oh Eyes]]
* [[Uh-Oh Eyes]]
* [[Visual Novel]]: ''Asymptote'' seems to be this.
* [[Visual Novel]]: ''The Asymptote'' seems to be this.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: And, indeed, your own electronic copy.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: And, indeed, your own electronic copy.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: Crewman Fifty-one.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: Crewman Fifty-one.
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]]
[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]]
[[Category:Hermetic Millenium]]
[[Category:The Eschaton Sequence]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Literature]]
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 4 December 2019

The Eschaton Sequence is a Hard Science Fiction/Space Opera series by John C. Wright.

As of December 2019, the books in the series include:

Tropes used in The Eschaton Sequence include:

MOD NOTE: These tropes most likely apply solely to Count to a Trillion, the first book in the series, as it was the only one published when this page was originally written for TV Tropes (and it wasn't updated before the fork). They should be moved to a page for that book, leaving behind only those tropes which apply to the series as a whole.

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