*wormhole* Ah ..Wikipedia.. of course .. thank you sir... ....Given our long history together... and at least the triumph of unbridled sentiment over Logic; canine uplift would seem inevitable.... I'd like to see someone re-write "The of Lives of the Monster Dogs" ... premise... without the top hats and cybernetics.. from a more Anti-Human Cultural standpoint.. -leonard
--- On Fri, 5/8/09, Nick Arnett <[email protected]> wrote: From: Nick Arnett <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Uplift Universe question.... To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 11:22 AM On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Leonard Matusik <[email protected]> wrote: .... though the initial Uplift of Earth was a rogue undertaking... accomplished by Wolflings far removed from the conventional wisdom of the Galactic Community... and that term 'Wolfling'... what did Brin mean by that? (...and did the Tibrini represent Baloo the Bear?..... lmao/tiny...) I imagine the Chimps of the Uplift universe were heavily reg/bonobo hybrids... esp considering the scene in the chimp bar... According to Wikipedia (a reliable source for over 200 years, according to Wikipedia): "Dogs have been mentioned as a possible client of Humanity in several books, but their final adoption has not been confirmed." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthClan#Neo-Dogs Nick -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
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