"It's all right there in Chapter 1"

The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 31 Jan 2002
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/2904

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes31 Jan 2002, 16:37original
...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at BotNS and BotLS, both are written in a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the "story" implied or stated baldly in the first chatper. Why should SS be any different?
Michael Straight31 Jan 2002, 17:07original

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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: ...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at BotNS and BotLS, both are written in a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the "story" implied or stated baldly in the first chatper. Why should SS be any different?
SS is also holographic, but I don't think Horn talks about genetics because plants are the key. Hybrids are the key. Silk and Horn must be combined to get the benefits of hybrid vigor, but it won't last. Eventually (corn) Silk must return to being a pure strain in order to be healthy. -Rostrum
James Jordan01 Feb 2002, 16:33original

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At 11:07 AM 1/31/2002, you wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
...so Marc wrote; and I think that's a very important point. Looking at BotNS and BotLS, both are written in a somewhat holographic manner, with most of the "story" implied or stated baldly in the first chatper. Why should SS be any different?
SS is also holographic, but I don't think Horn talks about genetics because plants are the key. Hybrids are the key. Silk and Horn must be combined to get the benefits of hybrid vigor, but it won't last. Eventually (corn) Silk must return to being a pure strain in order to be healthy. -Rostrum
If plant-human hybrids are a theme of the book, then consider the ultimate plant-human hybrid: the Roman Catholic transsubstantiated bread and wine. And this does seem to figure in the books, doesn't it? Nutria

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