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On 9/19/2011 9:52 AM, Antonin Scriabin wrote:
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cite="mid:CAM0v-i61zhdZ_BdYYgPXZP2ZJFuUWz9gx7obwo453GdxPrP=fg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Well, I finally finished <i>The Book of the Long Sun</i>.
I thought it was wonderful, but I do (of course!) have a few
questions. The first is, how did Quetzal get on the <i>Whorl</i>?
The inhumi are natives of Green, so maybe he found some way aboard
the <i>Whorl</i> while it was in orbit? <br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAM0v-i61zhdZ_BdYYgPXZP2ZJFuUWz9gx7obwo453GdxPrP=fg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">If so, it would seem that they were in orbit for some
time, since Quetzal obviously spent several years on board. </blockquote>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAM0v-i61zhdZ_BdYYgPXZP2ZJFuUWz9gx7obwo453GdxPrP=fg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Also, why would he try, in his last moments, to get
the settlers to go to Green? As food for other inhumi?</blockquote>
<br>
Wolfe explained in the Q&A (just prior to the release of On
Blue's Waters) that Quetzal wanted a thriving colony on Green. Why?
You have to read the books.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ansible.co.uk/cc/cc77.html#wolfe">http://www.ansible.co.uk/cc/cc77.html#wolfe</a><br>
<br>
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAM0v-i61zhdZ_BdYYgPXZP2ZJFuUWz9gx7obwo453GdxPrP=fg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"> I haven't read <i>The Book of the Short Sun </i>yet,
so if these inhumi-related questions are answered there, just tell
me to read and find out :-)<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
There are lots of ways for the inhumi to have arrived at the Whorl.
It would be a spoiler to detail any of them.<br>
<br>
J.<br>
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