(urth) This week in Google Alerts

[Lee Berman]

>Matt Keeley: The happy reviewer of Shadow states that Urth is "clearly" part of Earth's
>future. When was this list last so sure of anything about a Wolfe book?
 
Hm..I haven't seen anyone debate that the story is set in S. America for a while. That
had been an early debate here.
 
But, didn't we all think Urth was the future of Earth at one time? I think it would be
difficult to consider that Urth is a parallel and future version of Earth without 
exposure to the debates here and the Wolfe interview quotes.
 
(FWIW, I think the S. America conclusion supports the parallel Urth idea. It isn't easy to
consider a geologic upheaval that could move the Andes from the west side to the east side 
of the continent while leaving Lake Titicaca and its floating islands intact.)