In message <200005221845.LAA19304_at_chaosium.com>, The Glorantha Digest
<owner-glorantha-digest_at_chaosium.com> writes
>Or check out "The Wild" by David Zindell. In addition to being
>the third book in a mind-bending SF series, it features a guild
>of mathematician-pilots, who navigate hyperspace by means their
>mastery of chaos-theory.
>
>Unlike the boring gray voids that might be found in other novels,
>"The Vild" is vibrant and colorful, full of fractals and other
>math-speak things. Many pages are spent describing journeys
>through fractal space, avoiding hazards, attempting to elude
>pursuers, etc.
Also Ummm SEVEN TENTHS OF HEAVEN by a very good female American author
whose name escapes me. About alchemy driven starships. Great fun.