Detta är Lovelock (1994) av Orson Scott Card & Kathryn H. Kidd.
DenharenförstärktapamednamnetLovelockochärinställdpåenspinnigrymdstationsomkallas"Ark".
Från GoodReads :
Lovelock is a capuchin monkey engineered to be the perfect servant — intelligent, agile, pliant, and devoted to his owner. He is a Witness, privileged to spend his days and nights observing the life of one of Earth's most brilliant scientists through digital recording devices behind his eyes. In his heart is the desire to please, not just to avoid the pain his owner can inflict with a word, but because he loves her.
Lovelock is on a voyage he did not choose. What human would consider the feelings of a capuchin monkey, no matter how enhanced? But Lovelock is something special among Witnesses — he's a little smarter than most humans; smart enough to break through some of his conditioning. Smart enough to feel the bonds of slavery, and want freedom.
Från en beskrivning av sin ljudbokversion:
Capuchin monkeys are not the only Witnesses, merely the top-of-the-line. They also use parrots and other animals. For example, Carol Jeanne’s husband, a family therapist, has a pig for a Witness. The intelligence of these animals is enhanced to help them do their jobs better. The birds can speak and the monkeys can be taught to use sign language, for example. Lovelock speaks by writing or typing. He can read up to 2,000 words per minute and is quite the computer hacker.
Slutligen, på sidan 82 i den ursprungliga tryckningen av romanen, har vi Coriolis-krafterna och det missade hoppet som du hänvisade till:
What could possibly have thrown me off? Idiot, I thought. The Coriolis effect! The Ark was spinning, so of course when I jumped free of all objects connected to the ground, the Ark moved under me and I didn't land where I expected.