(urth) The Book of the Long Sun Question

[António Pedro Marques]

Antonin Scriabin wrote (19-09-2011 15:52):
> Well, I finally finished /The Book of the Long Sun/.  I thought it was
> wonderful,

It is.

> but I do (of course!) have a few questions.  The first is, how
> did Quetzal get on the /Whorl/?

Nobody knows.

> The inhumi are natives of Green, so maybe
> he found some way aboard the /Whorl/ while it was in orbit?  If so, it would
> seem that they were in orbit for some time, since Quetzal obviously spent
> several years on board.  Also, why would he try, in his last moments, to get
> the settlers to go to Green?

Nobody knows.

> As food for other inhumi?  I haven't read /The
> Book of the Short Sun /yet, so if these inhumi-related questions are
> answered there, just tell me to read

Read.

> and find out :-)

That's another matter.