(urth) Like a good Neighbor

[Lee Berman]

>Gerry Quinn: Again, your physics is correct: while the issues of the 

>vacuum / dryness etc. can be argued around, the problem of escape velocity 

>can’t easily be.  Nevertheless, I think Wolfe intends flight to be the means 

>of transport.  He can ignore physics when he wants to.  

>Your idea that inhumi come to Blue by other means is reasonable – but leaves lots 

>of loose ends and doesn’t really seem to lead anywhere.  If that’s the Secret of 

>the Inhumi, I would have imagined Wolfe would have left a few confirmatory clues 

>for the satisfaction of those who figured it out.  But it’s still not a very 

>*interesting* secret! 

 

Fair enough, Gerry. I appreciate this response. I'll only add that from my 

perspective, which emphasizes both social sciences and biology, the science of

lying and deception, be it plant, animal or human, is every bit as interesting to

me as physics or astronomy might be to others.