(urth) Science Fiction and Fantasy Question

[Nathan C. Tresch]

Okay, I can't find any more evidence than what I presented, and I tend to
agree with you Lee that there would be more.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> >Gerry Quinn: But the same argument could be made for any of the millions
> of
> >spaceships in the universe.  There is only one Ship, but it’s rather clear
> >that there are numerous interstellar craft – the one Jonas crashed in, the
> >ones Typhon’s lieutenants fled in, the ones that were lost in time in
> Cyriaca’s
> >story, the one Barbatus and Co. flit around in...
>
> I think there are two different questions being answered here. If the
> question
> is whether the Whorl could be a precursor to Tzadkiel's Ship I suppose the
> answer is yes.
>
> If the question is whether Wolfe intended The Whorl to be a precursor to
> Tzadkiel's Ship I think the answer is probably not. As has been noted,
> there
> is not much structural or funtional similarity between these ships.
> Moreover,if Wolfe had intended to show a progression I would think he would
> have put some sort of clues in the story to that effect, especially at the
> end of RTTW. I don't see any.
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