>>82 The Starlost is about passengers who have forgotten they are on a spaceship. 1899 is about steamship passengers in simulation who have forgotten that they are on a spaceship.
The name Maura could mean "of the sea", though I didn't find an additional source. That would make sense in a story about a steamship simulation. Likewise for Maura Isles who works with JR.
https://www.ancestry.com/first-name-meaning/maura >It features two possible meanings: Of the Sea or Bitter. >In Irish mythology, the sea contains immense significance, representing the boundary between the mortal world and the Otherworld.
