(urth) Urth-Earth links

[Jeff Wilson]

On 10/17/2011 9:53 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
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>> Gerry Quinn: And (I should have noted) Juturna has no antigravity belt, and she
>> could certainly have benefited from one.  Nor, if I recall correctly, does Severian
>> mention any gills, though I suppose it may be that his eyes were drawn elsewhere.
>> The technologies, magicks or whatever are different.

Juturna's got long green hair to cover her neck, though it should have 
swept back at least on the occasion that she lurches from the river.

> Given the blobs of light travelling upward from Baldanders' castle to the Hierodule ship, I
> think it is safe to guess that the anti-gravity belt was a gift from B, F and O, not Jurturna.
> B, F and O's appearance at the House Absolute might also explain the origin of the anti-
> gravity used in the Autarch's flier.
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> Hm. Advanced physics technology comes from the angels while advanced biological technology
> comes from witches and undersea monsters. Could this reflect an engineer's prejudice regarding
> the sciences?  Though I was a bio-science major myself I could imagine an engineering student's
> preference for the nice, clean confines of a physics lab over the smelly funk of a bio-lab. 		 	   		

Don't forget that Inire is a Yesodi but supplies both mechanisms and 
biology in the form of the numerous animal hybrids.


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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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