Dr Fivemack, I presume

[fivemack]

This afternoon, at about 4pm, wearing reddish-purple robes trimmed with turquoise and a hood of the same material, I had my name announced by Professor Buttery, Dean of the Faculty of Science; walked, in front of an audience (nay, a Congregation) of perhaps two thousand, across a stage tiered three-deep with gowned academics; gave a shallow bow to Professor Fujia Yang (Chancellor), because I didn't think I could quite pull off a deep theatrical one; and received a bit of paper certifying me as a Doctor of Philosophy. My parents were very proud.

This concludes my twenty-year stint in full-time education.

Comments

Plantations

[(Anonymous)]

The Draka books have plantations. The estates in "The Peshawar Lancers" are run by tenant farmers who pay rent. Quite different, and much more like Victorian England.

Glad you enjoyed the book, though.

Yours,
S.M. Stirling