(urth) vanished people=Hieros

[António Pedro Marques]

David Stockhoff wrote (09-11-2011 18:48):
> On 11/9/2011 1:36 PM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>> David Stockhoff wrote (09-11-2011 18:32):
>>> On 11/8/2011 5:36 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>>>> *From:* Marc Aramini <mailto:marcaramini at yahoo.com>
>>>> **
>>>> > To have it be any city other than Nessus would simply create an
>>>> > insoluble puzzle ...
>>>> Only if you reject the possibility that two different cities could be
>>>> similar in certain respects.
>>>> - Gerry Quinn
>>>
>>> So, two cities by a river could be made of stone with clustered rocket
>>> landers as towers? That's clearly possible, but which cities would those be?
>>
>> Most cities are by rivers.
>> Cities not made of stone would not physically endure long after abandoned.
>> The rocket tower is the one linking element. Acceptable, but not strong.
>
> This reminds me of a joke: Why did the engineer read a book of fiction?
>
> :D

I'd be more happy with it if the connecting element were something funny.