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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Whalen in "The Big Goodbye" wasn't an expert in historical [i]fiction[/i], but in actual history. That'd of course also be helpful when dealing with the supposed 1930s setting. On a highly automated ship with a thousand crew and supposedly not-quite-useless passengers, one is hard pressed to think of meaningful jobs for everybody. Mr Whalen could have been appointed Official Historian (or A&A, or whatever) just to keep him from going stir-crazy when Mrs Whalen tended the fusion reactors. Then again, why label this "make-work"? An Earth historian could do good research aboard a starship that has vast and well-organized records - perhaps better than in a planetbound university, even! He might also wish to examine the local records of Earth's assorted colonies. His mission might not be vital to the ship's mission, but OTOH an Earth Historian has indeed often been a handy asset for the [i]Enterprises[/i]... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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