In a message dated 10/8/2002 5:58:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< William Taylor wrote: > > On page 148 it says the Poaglisis were uplifted 1.6 million > years ago. > > That's gotta be a billion. > > The Poaglisis uplifted the T'4Lek 470 million years ago. > Why not the other way around? Make the Poaglisis 1.6 M and the T'4Lek 470 thousand? It seems that those billion-old races are against what the books say about the lifecycle of the races, in average: 100,000 years of identure, then 1,000,000 years of active participation, then retirement. And it seems unlikely that any race that witnessed the Gronin Collapse [HR, Part4, p.312, "Gillian"] would still be poking around. Alberto Monteiro >> The Soro are 2.1 million years old. [CA p.36] and from p. 148 the T'4Lek history is longer than the Soro's. The billion year old races are the exception to the rule. That's probably why Brin's having so much fun throwing them in our faces. As in the Poaglisis need the sapients they meet to be clothed, but their former clients, the T'4Lek, have no clothes. I'm waiting for the race of giant beach balls to show up for the universe's largest croquet match ever. William Taylor _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
