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| 1 | Anek-23  | Quotes | Quotes |
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Anek-23
Anek-23: Most actions have risks. Most inactions even more so.
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| 2 | Badger Kicking | Sports | Sports |
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Badger Kicking
Joke that Bob makes after damaging his Quinlan manny's knee while fighting off what he initially takes for a badger analogue in a cave while hiding out from authorities in Heaven's River, calling it "the international sport of badger kicking".
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| 3 | Blimp | Living Things | Animals |
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Blimp
Flying alien creatures on the planet Odin. "They didn't quite resemble zeppelins, and they didn't quite resemble jellyfish, and they didn't quite resemble squid. They were some weird mashup of all three."
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| 4 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: Belly laughs are one of the best things about being sentient, and you should never miss a chance for one.
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| 5 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: Fearless leader, my furry ass.
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| 6 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: How are you supposed to feel if you are forced to do what you would have done anyway?
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| 7 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: In space no one can hear you curse.
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| 8 | Bob  | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: It blew me away that almost two hundred years after Shatner first famously didn't actually say, "Beam me up, Scotty," people still knew Star Trek. Now that's a franchise.
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| 9 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: Ix-nay with the Superman act, okay?
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| 10 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: People's capacity for turning dogmatic stupidity into political movements never ceased to amaze me. We've knocked off 99.9% of the human race and somehow the crazies still manage to survive. It just defies the odds.
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| 11 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: Since I doubt, I think, since I think, I exist.
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| 12 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: This outcome deserves an expletive.
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| 13 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: We turned the corner and my Spidey-sense went into overdrive.
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| 14 | Bob | Quotes | Quotes |
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Bob
Bob: Yeah, they still make duct tape. And it still holds the universe together.
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| 15 | Bronto | Living Things | Animals |
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Bronto
Large herbivorous creature on the planet Vulcan, named after the Brontosaurus on Earth.
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| 16 | Copper | Money | Currency |
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Copper
Quinlan currency, in the form of coins.
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| 17 | Cupid Bug | Living Things | Bugs |
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Cupid Bug
Dangerous insect on the planet Vulcan.
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| 18 | Dr. Gilligan | Quotes | Quotes |
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Dr. Gilligan
Dr. Gilligan: You'd think being dead would free you from the dictates of politics, but apparently it's even more inevitable than death or taxes.
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| 19 | Furl | Living Things | Animals |
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Furl
Birds in Heaven's River, which Bob suspects may actually be drones serving the Administrator.
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| 20 | Gandalf | Quotes | Quotes |
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Gandalf
Gandalf: Come on, Bill, what part of volunteer aren't you grokking?
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| 21 | Gorilloids | Living Things | Animals |
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Gorilloids
Animals that attack the Deltans on the planet Eden.
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| 22 | Haliburton's Encephalopathy | Medical Conditions | Diseases |
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Haliburton's Encephalopathy
Disease that kills Howard's friend Stephane. "Stephane was dying. Haliburton's Encephalopathy had been identified within a decade of landing on Vulcan, and appeared to be one of the few diseases that found Terran life compatible. There was no treatment yet, and it was fatal within six months. I felt my stomach drop away. Stephane had been my friend for a long time, and the thing with Bridget hadn't changed that. Not really. But it reminded me that I called humans ephemerals for a reason."
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| 23 | Heaven's River  | Themes | Solo |
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 | | #6a2d1d | #915b3c | #94d07a |
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| 24 | Hippogriff | Living Things | Animals |
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Hippogriff
Name Bob gives to a small furry mammal analogue with four legs and wings and limited ability to change its color to match the background.
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| 25 | Ickies | Living Things | Bugs |
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Ickies
Creature on one of the planets being considered for human habitation, a kind of flying leech with multiple suckers, named by Linus.
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| 26 | Iron | Money | Currency |
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Iron
Quinlan currency, in the form of coins.
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| 27 | Kraken | Living Things | Animals |
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Kraken
Sea creature on the water planet Poseidon.
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| 28 | Leviathan | Living Things | Animals |
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Leviathan
Large sea creature on the water planet Poseidon, vaguely cuttlefish-shaped with 4 tentacles.
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| 29 | Manta [animal] | Living Things | Animals |
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Manta [animal]
Large sea creature on the water planet Poseidon. "mid-level pack predator, shaped generally like the eponymous Earth fish"
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| 30 | Mutant Super Vampire Powered Mosquito | Living Things | Animals |
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Mutant Super Vampire Powered Mosquito
Insect-type creatures in New Vancouver on Asgard.
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| 31 | Original Bob's name. | Trivia | Name Game |
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Original Bob's name.
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Robert Williamson |
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Robert Andersson |
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Robert Johansson |
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| 32 | PAM | Money | Currency |
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PAM
Also known as Printed Autofactory Minutes. Unit of currency adopted across human space. The value of one minute of auto factory time.
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| 33 | Pigoid | Living Things | Animals |
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Pigoid
Pig-like creature hunted by the Deltans on Eden.
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| 34 | Raptor | Living Things | Animals |
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Raptor
Creatures that attack the new humans on the planet Vulcan, named after Velociraptors on Earth.
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| 35 | Theresa | Quotes | Quotes |
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Theresa
Theresa: You're a small man with a small, shriveled soul, Mr. whiplash. There is no bigger waste than a formal education given to someone incapable of using it. I have no doubt your whole life would disappear into your father's accomplishments without leaving a ripple.
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| 36 | Untitled | Themes | Gray Eagle |
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 | | #64511c | #c6ac63 | #f5e6bc |
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| 37 | Vortex SF Convention | Events | Conventions and Seminars |
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Vortex SF Convention
Science fiction convention in Las Vegas.
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| 38 | What is Hugh's Quinlan name, randomly se... | Trivia | Name Game |
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What is Hugh's Quinlan name, randomly selected by Bob's translator?
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