In a message dated 3/14/2004 7:43:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Sunday 2004-03-14 06:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I want to use Horst as the location for the short story, "The Kidding Stays > >in the Tytlal." > > > >Timeframe: First tentative Terragens Council exploration party prior to > >accepting a lease to the planet. > > The A4P, GU2, and conversations I've had with Alberto on this list (sorry, > you'll need to check the archive) pretty much agree that Horst was colonized > > pre-contact. > GU2: page 135 When it was determined that the ecosphere would collapse without intervention, the Institute decided to turn Horst over to a new tenant. The next race in line was Humanity, which wasn't in a position to look a gift horse in the mouth. A4P isn't letting me get to the Horst page. (ah...finally got to Horst page via Internet Explorer.) It seems A4P and GU2 are mutually exclusive. If Horst had pre-contact settlers, there would have been another Mudaun (NuDawn) Incident? > Even so, that would still be formalized with a leasehold agreement with the > > GIM. > > >300 years prior to Streaker/Jijo books. > > My understanding is that Contact was only made about 280 years before the > Streaker/Jijo stuff. You may need to pick a different date. Again, taken directly from GU2. It is obvious that GU2 is both sloppy and wrong. (Just look at the g'Kek legs for confirmation.) So in all probability, I need a ruling from on high. [Hello.] I need a new planet that will have a very small survey party. It doesn't have to be Horst, but the fact that there is a fallow planet right next door leads to an obvious plot contrivance for the needed Synthian betrayal. > > <snip/> > > > >Re Adirondak, the fallow Terrestial planet, next planet out. It may not be > >all that fallow. A few of its prior occupants may still be there in > >suspended animation. Sort of a Winkle in time? (Don't blame me, I didn't > >name the planet.) > > I don't get the connection with the name. > Adirondack and Rip Van Winkle go together. A Wrinkle in Time was a SF/Fantisy book in almost any grade school library back in the 60s. It was an attempt at a pun as bad as that of Koolhan, Lark not being able to communicate with the Egg. William Taylor --------------------- One that totally passed by me on the first reading. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
