(urth) planetary problems

[James Wynn]

>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thomas Bitterman-
>>>>>>> The idea that astral travel uses mental maps rather than physical
>>>>>>> ones is a good one, at least as good as the "Silk = Blue" or 
>>>>>>> "Blue is
>>>>>>> a time-traveling version of Green" theories that are going around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James Wynn-
>>>>>> Do you really think this is a possibility?
>>>>>
>>>>> António Pedro Marques-
>>>>> Besides the fact that it is *the* probable way a travel powered by 
>>>>> the
>>>>> mind would work?
>>>>
>>>> James Wynn-
>>>> I can't even imagine the mechanics of this. It sounds more like
>>>> mysticism than fantasy or SF. Either that or it is like one of those
>>>> cartoons from the 1930s where the characters walk in and out of
>>>> books. Are you saying that the Rajan psychically emplants himself in
>>>> the memories of other people or are you saying he's a meta-fictional
>>>> character than can travel through Wolfe's own novels?
>>>
>>> António Pedro Marques-
>>> Sorry, you've lost me. You seem to be replying to Thomas's hypohtesis
>>> that dream travel occurs between books that are close to one another
>>> in the shelf. That's not what I commented on.
>>
>> James Wynn-
>> Oh. Sorry. It's just that was what _I_ was commenting on. That's what
>> the thread was about. Your correction is quite terse. What are you
>> talking about?
>
> António Pedro Marques-
> No, the thread is about more than that and I was talking about the bit 
> of Thomas's message to which you appended your comment. "The idea that 
> astral travel uses mental maps rather than physical ones is a good 
> one". Nothing there about bookshelves.

Getting moderately frustrated. Let's start again. You say "Besides the 
fact that [astral travel uses mental maps rather than physical
ones] is *the* probable way a travel powered by the mind would work?" 
What the heck does this mean? I understand what Thomas meant. He means 
that the Rajan travels within the stories and themes of Wolfe's fiction 
(possibly he is being sarcastic or silly).
What do YOU mean by it, since you apparently DO NOT mean what Thomas 
meant. Do you mean anything by it?

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