In a message dated 3/16/2006 6:34:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After finishing up GURPS Uplift, I took another look at _Contacting Aliens_. And while it was fun to read again and check out the pics, etc., and it's cool how it's laid out like a "how to" book for Terragens agents dealing with Galactics, ---That was to have been the title. Terragen Field Agent's Guide. The publisher said otherwise. I noticed a substantial number of what *appear* to be major editing errors in terms of what happened when and to whom. ---Lenagh did more of the editing than he had originally planned. Because some things were not edited at all. One race has a strange lineage because the dummy words were never replaced with what was supposed to come later. For example, one page says the Caltmour died out during the battles with the Lions, but another says it happened ~2,000 years ago. ---And the Tytlal are six fingered, and the Thennanin have tails. So I was wondering if you guys thought that was purposeful. --Nope. That is, was it written in such a way as to reflect the spotty data available to Earthclan due to its substandard libraries and inexperience, or if the book just wasn't run past our Uplift timeline gurus such as Alberto for a thorough vetting. --Hidden purpose? Look, all of the Thennanin spy pictures were drawn as if the Thennanin were 2.75 meters tall, and not 3.75 meters tall. This led me to believe that they were actually taken by a Pila who had a biological camera installed behind one of his buttons. And some Pila have fingernail claws; some Pila have solid claws. And some Pila have five buttons; some Pila... Jim ---No answer, Vilyehm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
