<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Lee Berman wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font><br>Many have discussed the Megatherians on Urth as simply, "in the ocean". I find this to be<br>a bit simplistic, along the lines of "God is in heaven". There is evidence that these<br>great beasts can be found elsewhere. Beneath the man-ape cave, </div></blockquote><br></div><div>I *told* you it was a Balrog!</div><div><br></div><div>Oh dear.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think I was quite accurate in my portrayal of Fat Severian as Elvis. What if in addition to *not skinny*, he is *not tall*? Like, *distinctly* not tall? And all the exultant stuff? Just fantasy.</div><div><br></div><div>"There and Back Again" would be a perfectly good title for _BotNS_. Hey, this is a great theory! It needs more Daleks, though.</div><div><br></div><div>Adam</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>