(urth) "Goodbye Old Buddy" -- Pirate Freedom murder mystery, take two

[Dave Tallman]

Matthew Keeley wrote:
> I'm pretty sure there is something about monorails. Fairly early in
> the text, though I could be wrong about its location in the book.
> Given how long such a system would take to construct, and given how
> little time the Cuban Commies seem to have left in the Real World, I
> believe there was some speculation that Chris comes from sort of
> parallel future? I don't imagine that Wolfe thinks we'll build an
> extensive monorail system before the Castros get swept into the
> dustbin of history - he's too much of an engineer and a realist.
>   
The first trip of Chris to the past resulted in the early invention of 
the jib sail. Perhaps the changes brought about by Chris and his 
descendants pushed technology along faster than in our world.