<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18813"></HEAD>
<BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"
id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true"
name="Compose message area">
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>Questions arising as I re-read
AEG:<BR><BR>[page 13]<BR>"On Earth, this guest was known as Gideon
Chase"<BR><BR>What are his other names? And where is he known by them? He claims
to the <BR>President to have not returned to Woldercon since he was a small
child. He <BR>could be lying or he could be known by other names by the
aliens of Takanga.<BR><BR>[page 14]<BR>President says: "[Reis] was smart enough
to see the big money went to them <BR>that had friends in high places. You want
to bellyache about it? I have, <BR>more'n once. Don't do any
good."<BR><BR>Strange statement coming from the President. Apparently, 'friends
in high <BR>places' did not refer to politicians. The aliens of Takanga? I
presume so. <BR>Aren't the true "evil guests"?<BR><BR>So what is the
relationship between the US government and Hanga's people? <BR>The protagonist
in 'The Tree Is My Hat' is a fellow who had recently had a <BR>nervous
breakdown. He was chosen by the government to be assigned there and <BR>was told
that he would be absolutely alone. He seems to have had few duties <BR>there.
But, when he at last brought family, Hanga immediately tried to kill <BR>them
all.<BR><BR>Was Bill Reis's goal to lead a world-wide coup against all the Earth
<BR>governments in order to drive out the real powers of Earth: the Takanga
<BR>aliens?<BR><BR>[page 15]<BR>"I said if there was only one evil man in the
whole world, it'd have to be <BR>Bill Reis. There's a hell of a lot of evil men
in the world."<BR>"Three in particular"<BR>"We haven't gotten to that yet, John,
an' I don't think we will."<BR><BR>This has been pointed out before, but I'll
note that the "three evil men" <BR>relate directly to the issue of Bill Reis.
They were an *issue* in the Bill <BR>Reis affair but the President chose not to
address it.<BR><BR>J. <BR></BODY></HTML>