William Taylor wrote: > >>> And they have left caches of technology on the big moon of Jijo. >> >> This is not said explicitly in any book. Where did you get this? >> > >Intro to about the second chapter to Brightness Reef. Yup. I never noticed it >or thought anything about this one little line until after reading Temptation >and then going back to BR. Ah, Dr. Brin, just how sneeky are you trying to >be. ;-) > Ok, but this is a quote from a 1908 [22 Jijo Years before _Temptations_] book, based on _legends_.
> >>> Can the Jophur get to the moon? >> >> I *think* all galactic-based technology depends heavily on hyperspace. >> With Galaxy Four being detached from hyperspace, I imagine that >> *all* galtech would fail miserably. This would *include* everything that >> the Buyur left, because they are just another bunch of Library-sucking >> Galactics. > >The Jophur landed on Jijo in small craft. Lifeboats, scouts, shuttles. HR >page 517. >They aren't going to dump the ships in the sea. There are no longer any >Galactic rules. > But those ships still flew while hyperspace was attached to Galaxy Four. The bigger part of the Jophur Armada was destroyed with the collapse of hyperspace. >But I do think that if all of the Library units dummy down, this means that >they are psionically linked and that they have been lying to the Galactics >for over two billion years. You don't need to go to Tanith to get a better >answer. > Excuse me? What do you mean? >I think it would be better to keep the Library units independent of each >other. > That is a typical half-finished wolfling way of thinking :-P >Oh. Did you catch the fact that in Sundiver or Startide Rising, in the >glossary, Brin has it that the Progenitors set up the Library. That's not the >way it is stated in later works. > No :-) > >You have got to go out and buy Contacting Aliens. > I think I was promised to get one free O:-) > >> BTW: I have *no* idea about the relative date of _Temptation_ >> and the end of _Heaven's Reach_. I think _Temptation_'s end >> precedes the breaking of Galaxy 4, otherwise all Buyur tech >> would fail before the end of the book. > >The Buyur knew the break was coming. > Yes. But would they know _how_ it would affect Galaxy Four? > Their technology works. That's they way > Dr. Brin set it up. > But we don't have any clear indication that Temptations follow HR. AFAIK, the adventure of Streaker along the Galaxy lanes, and the travel back with Lucky Kaa, take more time than the short time span of _Temptations_. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
