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THE AUTHOR SHOWS HIS IGNORANCE OF ...
Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance
- Samuel Johnson, when asked why his dictionary defined "Pastern"* as the knee of a horse

Much of His Majesty's Starship was designed to intrigue, to capture the reader's attention, to convey a sense of wonder about the universe of 2148 ... it's not to say I meant any of it. (Though it's not to say I didn't, either.) The fact is, some bits were just plain made up and I got them wrong.

Readers are cordially invited to challenge me on things that catch their eye: so far, all we have is ...

* It's the part of a horse's hoof between fetlock and hoof, of course.

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