Urth is a colonised planet

The Urth list — 16 messages, 8 voices, 26 Sep 2017
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6759

Gerry Quinn26 Sep 2017, 15:57
This just occurred to me as I was talking about BOTNS in another venue. We often talk about FHOC as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is. But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet. What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth. But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy. Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems. But now it has been brought to heel. - Gerry Quinn
António Pedro Marques26 Sep 2017, 21:32

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But the idea of colonisation involves settlers. No dia 26/09/2017, ?s 16:55, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:
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This just occurred to me as I was talking about BOTNS in another venue. We often talk about FHOC as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is. But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet. What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth. But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy. Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems. But now it has been brought to heel. - Gerry Quinn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________
Gerry Quinn27 Sep 2017, 02:52

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On 26/09/2017 22:32, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote: But the idea of colonisation involves settlers.
[damn, replied to just you instead of list - you will get this twice] You're right, in that the very meaning of the word seems to include settlers. But another way of looking at it is to think of the alien overlords as using the conquered territory to their perceived best advantage, regardless of the details of how they control it. There are no farms on Urth worked by human serfs. (Or ARE there? Would we even be told?)? But the economy is collapsed, and almost all human efforts are expended battling the undersea monsters with their unacceptable ideas. The rest are spent battling the Ascian resistance . The local rulers do what the aliens tell them, however crazy and irrelevant. - Gerry Quinn
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No dia 26/09/2017, ?s 16:55, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:
This just occurred to me as I was talking about BOTNS in another venue. We often talk about FHOC as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is. But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet. What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth. But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy. Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems. But now it has been brought to heel. - Gerry Quinn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________
David Duffy27 Sep 2017, 04:12

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Nah, just ordinary imperialism. ________________________________________ From: Urth [urth-bounces at lists.urth.net] on behalf of Gerry Quinn [gerry at bindweed.com] Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 12:49 PM To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet
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On 26/09/2017 22:32, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote: But the idea of colonisation involves settlers.
[damn, replied to just you instead of list - you will get this twice] You're right, in that the very meaning of the word seems to include settlers. But another way of looking at it is to think of the alien overlords as using the conquered territory to their perceived best advantage, regardless of the details of how they control it. There are no farms on Urth worked by human serfs. (Or ARE there? Would we even be told?) But the economy is collapsed, and almost all human efforts are expended battling the undersea monsters with their unacceptable ideas. The rest are spent battling the Ascian resistance . The local rulers do what the aliens tell them, however crazy and irrelevant. - Gerry Quinn
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No dia 26/09/2017, ?s 16:55, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:
This just occurred to me as I was talking about BOTNS in another venue. We often talk about FHOC as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is. But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet. What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth. But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy. Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems. But now it has been brought to heel. - Gerry Quinn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c420&d=4JLL2d16c8J58ZEPm5tXppeMxSMOA0AwkenamTq8AQ&u=https%3a%2f%2fwww%2eavast%2ecom%2fantivirus _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c420&d=4JLL2d16c8J58ZEPm5tXppeMxSMOA0Awkb3anzzsAw&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eurth%2enet _______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c420&d=4JLL2d16c8J58ZEPm5tXppeMxSMOA0Awkb3anzzsAw&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eurth%2enet
Ab de Vos27 Sep 2017, 21:12

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Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think. Urth's former glory is destined to be renewed and ultimately leading to Yesod and higher levels of being mankind being the "chosen race". At least this is how I interpret Peter Wright. Op 27-9-2017 om 04:49 schreef Gerry Quinn:
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On 26/09/2017 22:32, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
But the idea of colonisation involves settlers.
[damn, replied to just you instead of list - you will get this twice] You're right, in that the very meaning of the word seems to include settlers. But another way of looking at it is to think of the alien overlords as using the conquered territory to their perceived best advantage, regardless of the details of how they control it. There are no farms on Urth worked by human serfs. (Or ARE there? Would we even be told?)? But the economy is collapsed, and almost all human efforts are expended battling the undersea monsters with their unacceptable ideas. The rest are spent battling the Ascian resistance . The local rulers do what the aliens tell them, however crazy and irrelevant. - Gerry Quinn
No dia 26/09/2017, ?s 16:55, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:
This just occurred to me as I was talking about BOTNS in another venue. We often talk about FHOC as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is. But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet. What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth. But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy. Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems. But now it has been brought to heel. - Gerry Quinn --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________
Ab de Vos29 Sep 2017, 17:18

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They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means? 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl>
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On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size.
Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab < http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ >
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes29 Sep 2017, 17:22

↳ in reply to Ab de Vos

Yes, Urth is one of the three Norns - as are the names given to the future Mars and Venus in tBotNS (Verthandi and ... duh, something else...). And there is, I think, some evidence that the cacogens are telling the Old Autarch what to do...at least, it looks that way to me in Book Two. Dan'l Danehy-Oakes The spatula is the natural enemy of the hypothalamus.
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote: They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/> _______________________________________________
Marc Aramini29 Sep 2017, 17:24

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Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi.
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On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote: They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
Ab de Vos29 Sep 2017, 17:27

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Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini:
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Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl <mailto:foxyab at casema.nl>> wrote: They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means? 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <http://clueland.com> <jwilson at clueland.com> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: > Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them > like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think. Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - <jwilson at clueland.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab < http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/> _______________________________________________
Eric Bourland29 Sep 2017, 17:49

↳ in reply to Ab de Vos

Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric
Eric Bourland eb at hwaet.com https://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
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Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini:
Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl <mailto:foxyab at casema.nl>> wrote: They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means? 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <http://clueland.com> <jwilson at clueland.com> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: > Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them > like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think. Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - <jwilson at clueland.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jwilson at clueland.com');> > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab < http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/> _______________________________________________
Marc Aramini29 Sep 2017, 19:24

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Nah no shame in not knowing everything under the sun.
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On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');>> wrote:
They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
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Marc Aramini29 Sep 2017, 19:27

↳ in reply to Eric Bourland

Second volume submitted but hasn't gone through editing ... anyone's guess. When I submit the final part ( gonna be 3 - got too long) then it might be reapportioned for equally sized hardbacks, which I think is probably wise, or no one will buy volume 3. There is almost no editing to do compared to last time, so I hope Matthew can get through it soon. I think volume two is far superior to the first.
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On Friday, September 29, 2017, Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote: Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric -- Eric Bourlandeb at hwaet.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eb at hwaet.com');>https://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');>> wrote:
They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
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Charles Gillingham30 Sep 2017, 00:32

↳ in reply to Marc Aramini

Dis is named after a city in hell. I know this from playing Doom in the 90's.
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On Sep 29, 2017 12:27 PM, "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote: Second volume submitted but hasn't gone through editing ... anyone's guess. When I submit the final part ( gonna be 3 - got too long) then it might be reapportioned for equally sized hardbacks, which I think is probably wise, or no one will buy volume 3. There is almost no editing to do compared to last time, so I hope Matthew can get through it soon. I think volume two is far superior to the first. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric -- Eric Bourlandeb at hwaet.comhttps://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:
They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
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Eric Bourland30 Sep 2017, 02:09

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Ruled by Dispater, if the Old Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual can be credited. -----Original Message----- From: "Charles Gillingham" <charlesgillingham at gmail.com> Sent: ?9/?29/?2017 8:32 PM To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Fwd: Re: Urth is a colonised planet Dis is named after a city in hell. I know this from playing Doom in the 90's. On Sep 29, 2017 12:27 PM, "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote: Second volume submitted but hasn't gone through editing ... anyone's guess. When I submit the final part ( gonna be 3 - got too long) then it might be reapportioned for equally sized hardbacks, which I think is probably wise, or no one will buy volume 3. There is almost no editing to do compared to last time, so I hope Matthew can get through it soon. I think volume two is far superior to the first. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote: Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric
Eric Bourland eb at hwaet.com https://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote: They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: > Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them > like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think. Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab < http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > -- Eric Bourland eb at hwaet.com https://www.hwaet.com
Charles Gillingham30 Sep 2017, 03:32

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dis_(Divine_Comedy) I always get that mixed up with the city in Paradise Lost.
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On Sep 29, 2017 7:09 PM, "Eric Bourland" <eb at hwaet.com> wrote: Ruled by Dispater, if the Old Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual can be credited. ------------------------------ From: Charles Gillingham <charlesgillingham at gmail.com> Sent: ?9/?29/?2017 8:32 PM To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Fwd: Re: Urth is a colonised planet Dis is named after a city in hell. I know this from playing Doom in the 90's. On Sep 29, 2017 12:27 PM, "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:
Second volume submitted but hasn't gone through editing ... anyone's guess. When I submit the final part ( gonna be 3 - got too long) then it might be reapportioned for equally sized hardbacks, which I think is probably wise, or no one will buy volume 3. There is almost no editing to do compared to last time, so I hope Matthew can get through it soon. I think volume two is far superior to the first. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric -- Eric Bourlandeb at hwaet.comhttps://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:
They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes30 Sep 2017, 16:07

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Pandaemonium Dan'l Danehy-Oakes The spatula is the natural enemy of the hypothalamus.
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:32 PM, Charles Gillingham < charlesgillingham at gmail.com> wrote: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dis_(Divine_Comedy) I always get that mixed up with the city in Paradise Lost. On Sep 29, 2017 7:09 PM, "Eric Bourland" <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
Ruled by Dispater, if the Old Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual can be credited. ------------------------------ From: Charles Gillingham <charlesgillingham at gmail.com> Sent: ?9/?29/?2017 8:32 PM To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> Subject: Re: (urth) Fwd: Re: Urth is a colonised planet Dis is named after a city in hell. I know this from playing Doom in the 90's. On Sep 29, 2017 12:27 PM, "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at gmail.com> wrote:
Second volume submitted but hasn't gone through editing ... anyone's guess. When I submit the final part ( gonna be 3 - got too long) then it might be reapportioned for equally sized hardbacks, which I think is probably wise, or no one will buy volume 3. There is almost no editing to do compared to last time, so I hope Matthew can get through it soon. I think volume two is far superior to the first. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Eric Bourland <eb at hwaet.com> wrote:
Huh. You know, I never thought of that. =) Thank you, Marc. Say, when is the second volume of your Light and Shadow book coming out from Castalia? Eric -- Eric Bourlandeb at hwaet.comhttps://www.hwaet.com On 9/29/2017 1:26 PM, Ab de Vos wrote: Putting my hands on my mouth again. Op 29-9-2017 om 19:24 schreef Marc Aramini: Yes, well known the planets were named for Norns, urth, skald, verthandi. On Friday, September 29, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:
They may be colonists in the sense of random settlers in another country, like ex-pats. But not in the sense of a imperialistic colonization scheme such as in Cerberus. There is I believe no indication that the autarch is subjected to the kakogens which would have pointed to a foreign power ruling. A foreign power ruling indigenous elites is a sure sign of colonization, like the Dutch East Indies. By the way. Yesterday I read in a piece about Lovecraft that Urth means 'fate' and also 'turn' or 'bend' in Old Norse. The word 'weird' is derived from it. I was always thinking 'urth' was a simple bastardization of earth. Anybody knew this? It was a surprise to me. Fate and the turning of deep time. -------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------- Onderwerp: Re: (urth) Urth is a colonised planet Datum: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:15:32 -0500 Van: Jeffery Wilson clueland.com <jwilson at clueland.com> Aan: Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl> On 9/27/2017 4:12 PM, Ab de Vos wrote:
Probably Urth is a galactic backwater visited by aliens, some of them like the sea monster living on Urth. No colonization scheme I think.
Rather it strikes me that Abaia's undines are indeed colonists, or among them. It's not clear if they are beings who have swum here across space, or Urthly humans who were given such power with their collossal size. -- Jeffery Wilson - < jwilson at clueland.com > RIP - A&M Texarkana Computational Intelligence Lab< http://clueland.com/demo/interact/ > <http://clueland.com/demo/interact/>
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