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face=Arial>Pedro said:</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial>"</FONT>That can surely be Wolfe's intention. All I say is that it is
not real science and the problem only exists when people want to justify it
using real world biochemistry. Wolfe is basically using some biological rules
but not really limiting it to the realm of plausibility. Not that it takes
any value from Wolfe's books at all, mind you. As I said, his books are more
like Flash Gordon on intelectual steroids."<BR></DIV>
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face=Arial>Once when people argued that the giant god that the Raja spoke to in
RttW was not biologically possible, Wolfe responded that that only meant that
the god was not constructed the same way as we are. He said he was impatient
with arguments about what is and is not possible in biology.</FONT></DIV>
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