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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Jeff Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwilson@io.com">jwilson@io.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>I'm not sure what the point of the story about the angel and the eagle, etc. really is intended to be. Angel is the English word that takes the place of the Greek angelos, "messenger", and someone bearing a message whose provenance is "I just guessed", is no messenger at all.<br>
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<div>I take it that that is the point. The so-called "angels" of the story are not angels. They are aliens. Contrast them with the "messengers" in "The Queen" or Michael in The Wizard Knight. </div>
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