# "fascinating", exclaimed Spock in a flat emotionless *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 03 Apr 2000* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Michael Straight *03 Apr 2000, 08:35* > On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Talarican wrote: > The idea of a generation ship built inside a hollow rock, run by a > supercomputer which interacts with the inhabitants in the manner of a deity > through a religion and priesthood, is completely original to Wolfe, right? Every bit as orginial as the idea of an orphan of unknown parentage, raised by a secret society, who on coming of age is given an extraordinary sword, undertakes a quest, finds that great powers have destined him for greatness, overcomes an evil enemy, and takes his place as king. Maybe Wolfe stole that one from Star Trek too! -Rostrum ---