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CAPTAIN CHAOS
The Callisto-bound Leo needed a cook. What it got was a piping-voiced Jonah who jinxed it straight into Chaos.
31 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2020
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Nelson S. Bond
227 books9 followersNelson Slade Bond was a writer, primarily of short stories, antiquarian bookseller, and playwright. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage.
The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement, Bond was a pioneer in early science fiction and fantasy. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine, though Bond largely retired from fiction writing after the 1950s. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.
The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement, Bond was a pioneer in early science fiction and fantasy. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine, though Bond largely retired from fiction writing after the 1950s. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.
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May 16, 2026
Well Three Cheers for Equality of the Sexes!
At first I wasn't clicking with this story because Captain Chaos was acting too much like a Marty Sue. And then I found out He was really a Mary Sue!
Maybe even a Mary Read.
N.S. Bond is riffing here on all those Historical Tales of Famouse Female Pirates. And it does suit the Tone of the Story.
And he is the guy who wrote all those Lancelot Biggs stories, which have that Familiar Days of The High Seas feel to them. As does thus story.
So an Enjoyable story, and a Well Written one which I enjoyed. It was nice to see a Woman stepping forth and proving Herself to being a Cut Above her felliw crew members. Those Bumbling Seafaring Male Spacers.
If I have any complaint about this story, it's that N.S. Bond snuck Ann DeLaney on board the spaceship in a typical Traditional Female Domestic Role, as a Mess Cook. That is how She won over the Hearts of the Male Crew. With her wonderful Domestic Cooking.
And she had other sterio-typical, negative "Female Traits" about Her that singled her out as being an "Odd Sort of Man .
So not a perfect story, but considering the usual historical portrayal of Femal Characters in Classic Golden Age Sci-Fi Pulp stories, it's definitely a breath of fresh air.
At first I wasn't clicking with this story because Captain Chaos was acting too much like a Marty Sue. And then I found out He was really a Mary Sue!
Maybe even a Mary Read.
N.S. Bond is riffing here on all those Historical Tales of Famouse Female Pirates. And it does suit the Tone of the Story.
And he is the guy who wrote all those Lancelot Biggs stories, which have that Familiar Days of The High Seas feel to them. As does thus story.
So an Enjoyable story, and a Well Written one which I enjoyed. It was nice to see a Woman stepping forth and proving Herself to being a Cut Above her felliw crew members. Those Bumbling Seafaring Male Spacers.
If I have any complaint about this story, it's that N.S. Bond snuck Ann DeLaney on board the spaceship in a typical Traditional Female Domestic Role, as a Mess Cook. That is how She won over the Hearts of the Male Crew. With her wonderful Domestic Cooking.
And she had other sterio-typical, negative "Female Traits" about Her that singled her out as being an "Odd Sort of Man .
So not a perfect story, but considering the usual historical portrayal of Femal Characters in Classic Golden Age Sci-Fi Pulp stories, it's definitely a breath of fresh air.
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there friend were rain cold and blood
there were dew soil and yallow leaf
and many hungry moon
needed to cook to food to peace
but summer was far
and many hungry grave open to sad winter
and many lonly night sing hungry
the gray cloud fight hungry blind
and river of blood flood again and again
and i were a wing of travel over many alian earth
my sweet heart cary many letter from our lover
just take me moon with y
to kiss sun over many sowrd
to peace and pray
at my hand cary life faithful to luck and fate
to light candle over many hungry grave
and parphan the peace
and cook to hungry soul
by pray to peace
then jasmin will be more jelous
my wing rest at ma home
and dark fly over far
but my candl light to peace
there friend were rain cold and blood
there were dew soil and yallow leaf
and many hungry moon
needed to cook to food to peace
but summer was far
and many hungry grave open to sad winter
and many lonly night sing hungry
the gray cloud fight hungry blind
and river of blood flood again and again
and i were a wing of travel over many alian earth
my sweet heart cary many letter from our lover
just take me moon with y
to kiss sun over many sowrd
to peace and pray
at my hand cary life faithful to luck and fate
to light candle over many hungry grave
and parphan the peace
and cook to hungry soul
by pray to peace
then jasmin will be more jelous
my wing rest at ma home
and dark fly over far
but my candl light to peace
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