Re: Uplift questions
Nick Arnett <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:35:50 -0800
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--===============3341312964262895667== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bfea07c27b84b04f3b8e5e1 --047d7bfea07c27b84b04f3b8e5e1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Bluehost is el cheapo, yet reasonably reliable, web hosting. Nick On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, William Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask > some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't > read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember > the book answering these questions. Maybe some list > members might know. > > > > Spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't read Heaven's > 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 > > 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 > > clear in Heaven's Reach.) > > > > 2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of > Glavers? > > They speak to hydrogen breathers, IIRC. > > > > I doubt they're legally available for uplift > yet, (RE-Uplift, as they're on the downward slope.) > > but Contacting Aliens does say they haven't been > 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 > would also have made it possible for Dwer to take a > few back to Jijo, but I doubt David Brin would make > things so narratively "easy" for Jijo.) > > 3. When Streaker and Polkjhy exchanged people and > chunks of hull, did Lark and Ling give any of the red > rings to Gillian? Those things are a potent biological > weapon against Jophur, even if used only as a > 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. > Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate? > > Better than having some er pop the bubble? > > > She'll be stuck in that little bubble for the rest of > her life. Why didn't she go onto the Streaker while > all those Dolphins were going onto Polkjhy? > > > > ~A new person without a screen-name > _______________________________________________http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > > > Bluehost? > > OK, any name but Smurfette. > > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > > --047d7bfea07c27b84b04f3b8e5e1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Bluehost is el cheapo, yet reasonably reliable, web hostin= g.<div><br></div><div>Nick</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><d= iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, William Taylor <s= pan dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank"= >[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color=3D"black" face=3D"arial"> <div><font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=3D"background-color:= transparent"></font></div> <div><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica"> <div style=3D"font-size:12px;font-family:Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif;ma= rgin:0px"><div class=3D""> <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt>Well, since I have joined this mailing lis= t 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 =A0any rewqs? They'd be very valuable both for Earthclan =A0and for that colony Alvin and Huck moved to.</tt></pre><pre style=3D"fon= t-size:9pt"><tt></tt>=A0</pre></div><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>= You ask a` question that would most likely be answered</font></tt></pre><pr= e style=3D"font-size:9pt"> <tt></tt><tt><font>by our good Dr. Brin with, "Of course they did--jus= t</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>as soon as I writ= e in the need for them in a later story."</font></tt></pre><pre style= =3D"font-size:9pt"> <tt></tt>=A0</pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>It ain't alway= s completely thought out beforehand.</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-si= ze:9pt"><tt><font>Authors do get surprised by their own future plot twists.= </font></tt></pre> <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font></font></tt>=A0</pre><pre style=3D"f= ont-size:9pt"><tt><font>And that's </font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font= -size:9pt"><tt><font>Alvin, Mudfoot, and Huck on Harathrurptra.</font></tt>= </pre> <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font> (Correct spelling anyone?)</font></= tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>Mudfoot can become VERY imp= ortant if Harathrumta (Sp?)</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><= tt><font>has Rousit.</font></tt></pre> <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>Does anybody remember the Rousit?</f= ont></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>Contacting Aliens did= n't.</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>(The above= is subject, of course, to Dr. Brin actually</font></tt></pre> <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>making the Rousit clients of the Hoo= n. It wasn't that </font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><f= ont>clear in Heaven's Reach.)</font></tt></pre><div class=3D""><pre sty= le=3D"font-size:9pt"> <tt> 2. Did we ever find out why Gillian wanted a herd of=20 Glavers? </tt></pre></div><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>They speak= to hydrogen breathers, IIRC.</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"= ><tt></tt>=A0</pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt>I doubt they're leg= ally available for uplift=20 yet, <font>(RE-Uplift, as they're on the downward slope.)</font></tt></= pre><div class=3D""><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt>but Contacting Aliens = does say they haven't been=20 spotted (in the other Galaxy 2) in 2000 years. Did she =A0figure they might be the last of their kind, and want =A0to 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></div><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>A= nd Alvin could use the bio-life preservers in</font></tt></pre><pre style= =3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>his sailing business.</font><div class=3D""> 4. Lark saw an Urs on Polkjhy, stuck in an air bubble.=20 Why would any Urs accept such a watery/confined fate? </div></tt></pre><pre= style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font>Better than having some er pop the bubbl= e?</font></tt></pre><div class=3D""><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 =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>=A0</pre></div>= <pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"> <tt><font>Bluehost?</font></tt></pre><pre style=3D"font-size:9pt"><tt><font= >OK, any name but Smurfette.</font> </tt></pre> </div> =20 </div> </font><br>_______________________________________________<br> <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><br> <br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div> --047d7bfea07c27b84b04f3b8e5e1-- --===============3341312964262895667== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline