Re: Uplift questions

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Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask=20
some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't=20
read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember=20
the book answering these questions. Maybe some list=20
members might know.



Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't read Heaven's=20
Reach!!







1. When Gillian traded things with Uriel, did she take
 any rewqs? They'd be very valuable both for Earthclan
 and for that colony Alvin and Huck moved to.

You ask a` question that would most likely be answered
by our good Dr. Brin with, "Of course they did--just
as soon as I write in the need for them in a later story."

It ain't always completely thought out beforehand.
Authors do get surprised by their own future plot twists.

And that's=20
Alvin, Mudfoot, and Huck on Harathrurptra.
 (Correct spelling anyone?)
Mudfoot can become VERY important if Harathrumta (Sp?)
has Rousit.
Does anybody remember the Rousit?
Contacting Aliens didn't.
(The above is subject, of course, to Dr. Brin actually
making the Rousit clients of the Hoon. It wasn't that=20
clear in Heaven's Reach.)


2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of=20
Glavers?=20
They speak to hydrogen breathers, IIRC.

I doubt they're legally available for uplift=20
yet, (RE-Uplift, as they're on the downward slope.)
but Contacting Aliens does say they haven't been=20
spotted (in the other Galaxy 2) in 2000 years. Did she
 figure they might be the last of their kind, and want
 to prevent the Jophur from killing them all? (It=20
would also have made it possible for Dwer to take a=20
few back to Jijo, but I doubt David Brin would make=20
things so narratively "easy" for Jijo.)

3. When Streaker and Polkjhy exchanged people and=20
chunks of hull, did Lark and Ling give any of the red=20
rings to Gillian? Those things are a potent biological=20
weapon against Jophur, even if used only as a=20
defensive measure.
And Alvin could use the bio-life preservers in
his sailing business.

4. Lark saw an Urs on Polkjhy, stuck in an air bubble.=20
Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate?=20
Better than having some er pop the bubble?

She'll be stuck in that little bubble for the rest of=20
her life. Why didn't she go onto the Streaker while=20
all those Dolphins were going onto Polkjhy?



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<pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Well, since I have joined this mailing l=
ist I can ask=20
some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't=20
read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember=20
the book answering these questions. Maybe some list=20
members might know.



Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't read Heaven's=20
Reach!!







1. When Gillian traded things with Uriel, did she take
&nbsp;any rewqs? They'd be very valuable both for Earthclan
&nbsp;and for that colony Alvin and Huck moved to.</tt></pre><pre style=3D"=
font-size: 9pt;"><tt></tt>&nbsp;</pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><f=
ont size=3D"2">You ask a` question that would most likely be answered</font=
></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt></tt><tt><font size=3D"2">by=
 our good Dr. Brin with, "Of course they did--just</font></tt></pre><pre st=
yle=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">as soon as I write in the need=
 for them in a later story."</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;=
"><tt></tt>&nbsp;</pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">=
It ain't always completely thought out beforehand.</font></tt></pre><pre st=
yle=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">Authors do get surprised by th=
eir own future plot twists.</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"=
><tt><font size=3D"2"></font></tt>&nbsp;</pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;=
"><tt><font size=3D"2">And that's </font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size=
: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">Alvin, Mudfoot, and Huck on Harathrurptra.</fo=
nt></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2"> (Correct=
 spelling anyone?)</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><fon=
t size=3D"2">Mudfoot can become VERY important if Harathrumta (Sp?)</font><=
/tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">has Rousit.</=
font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">Does an=
ybody remember the Rousit?</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;">=
<tt><font size=3D"2">Contacting Aliens didn't.</font></tt></pre><pre style=
=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">(The above is subject, of course,=
 to Dr. Brin actually</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><=
font size=3D"2">making the Rousit clients of the Hoon. It wasn't that </fon=
t></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">clear in H=
eaven's Reach.)</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>

2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of=20
Glavers? </tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">The=
y speak to hydrogen breathers, IIRC.</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-si=
ze: 9pt;"><tt></tt>&nbsp;</pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>I doubt t=
hey're legally available for uplift=20
yet, <font size=3D"2">(RE-Uplift, as they're on the downward slope.)</font>=
</tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>but Contacting Aliens does sa=
y they haven't been=20
spotted (in the other Galaxy 2) in 2000 years. Did she
&nbsp;figure they might be the last of their kind, and want
&nbsp;to prevent the Jophur from killing them all? (It=20
would also have made it possible for Dwer to take a=20
few back to Jijo, but I doubt David Brin would make=20
things so narratively "easy" for Jijo.)

3. When Streaker and Polkjhy exchanged people and=20
chunks of hull, did Lark and Ling give any of the red=20
rings to Gillian? Those things are a potent biological=20
weapon against Jophur, even if used only as a=20
defensive measure.</tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=
=3D"2">And Alvin could use the bio-life preservers in</font></tt></pre><pre=
 style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">his sailing business.</font=
>

4. Lark saw an Urs on Polkjhy, stuck in an air bubble.=20
Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate? </tt></pre><pre style=
=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">Better than having some er pop th=
e bubble?</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt>
She'll be stuck in that little bubble for the rest of=20
her life. Why didn't she go onto the Streaker while=20
all those Dolphins were going onto Polkjhy?



~A new person without a screen-name =09=09 =09   =09=09 =20
_______________________________________________
<a href=3D"http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com"=
 target=3D"_blank">http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccme=
dia.com</a></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt></tt>&nbsp;</pre><=
pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">Bluehost?</font></tt></p=
re><pre style=3D"font-size: 9pt;"><tt><font size=3D"2">OK, any name but Smu=
rfette.</font>

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