(urth) What's So Great About Ushas

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> The disappearance/ascenscion of the Hieros leaves a suggestive gap. Wolfe
> may have borrowed a page from Teilhard De Chardin and had the Hieros join
> with the Godhead at the end of their bang-gnab and relay an utterance from
> the Increate before completion. The Hierogrammates would be working from
> this received wisdom ever since, and are eager to uplift humanity to
> Hieros-status so they can receive word from the Outsider if they have been
> successful or not.

Certainly a possibility. This begs the question though: is there textual
evidence that they have, in fact, had a Word from God?


>> Eh. It sounds to me like a terrorist group.
>
> Not unintentional.

...heh...


> I don't think there are billions left on Urth, millions perhaps. But where
> will they put the millions in a colonized galaxy?

South America alone has the teeming metropolis of Nessus, smaller cities,
and North America has the hive-like Ascians. I would be surprised if Urth's
population -- this is the "do-nothing" future -- is much less than that of our
Earth today.

But, whether millions or billions, the question of "where to put them" is
no greater here than it is in the Ice Future, where the HYs *do* evacuate
Urth's population. If they can do it there, they can do it here. You played
it for her, Sam, you can play it for me.

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