William Taylor wrote: > >>>But I do think that if all of the Library units dummy down, this means that >>>they are psionically linked and that they have been lying to the Galactics >>>for over two billion years. You don't need to go to Tanith to get a better >>>answer. >> >> Excuse me? What do you mean? > > I thought that you ment that all Galactic technology would not work once the > Jijo galaxy broke off from the other four. I couldn't think of any other > reason for having the Libraries fail. > I would think that even the batteries of Galactic technology would take energy from hyperspace. So, even the Library units would fail.
>> But we don't have any clear indication that Temptations follow >> HR. AFAIK, the adventure of Streaker along the Galaxy lanes, >> and the travel back with Lucky Kaa, take more time than the >> short time span of _Temptations_. > > From Temptation, 2nd page on the web: > As days stretched to weeks, Peepoe learned to distinguish Jijo's organic > rhythms.... > Then, after two months of captivity, she detected signs of something drawing > near. > > Two months ain't that short of a span. > Two Jijo Months could be less than the duration of HR. >And from page 5 on the web: > >A partly operational craft might also prove useful to the Six Races of Jijo, >whose bloody war against Jophur aggressors was said to be going badly ashore. > >So we know the Jophur have landed and that the war is on. > No, the Jophur _left_ an occupation force in Jijo. They took Biblos, and even some Gray Queens were said to be allying with them. >> I don't know how long it took Streaker to get to Earth. > >Here's the bad time reference. A full year after Streaker returns, there is a >warfront in Galaxy Two, HR page 547 > Yep. So what? Galaxy 2 was disconnected from Galaxy 4. >There are four different Uplift time / story lines Dr. Brin can be going with. > >Jijo >The return of Creideiki >Earth and the Four Galaxies >Polkjhy > >....unless one or more cross over with the other. > I would ***not*** like to have Jijo and Polkjhy cross with any other story. It would spoil the disconnectedness. >BIG BIG BIG SPOILER > > > > > >Did Creideiki visit the Polkjhy? > Dunno. >And how? > By becoming Transcendental? Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
