# Urth is a colonised planet

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### Gerry Quinn
*26 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

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### António Pedro Marques
*26 Sep 2017, 21:32 · in reply to Gerry Quinn*

But the idea of colonisation involves settlers. 

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
> 
> 
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### Gerry Quinn
*27 Sep 2017, 02:52 · in reply to António Pedro Marques*

> 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
>> 
>> 
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### David Duffy
*27 Sep 2017, 04:12 · in reply to Gerry Quinn*

Nah, just ordinary imperialism.
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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
>> 
>> 
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### Ab de Vos
*27 Sep 2017, 21:12 · in reply to Gerry Quinn*

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:

> 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
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________

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### Ab de Vos
*29 Sep 2017, 17:18 · follows Ab de Vos*

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/ >
```

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### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
*29 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.

> 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/>
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________

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### Marc Aramini
*29 Sep 2017, 17:24 · in reply to Ab de Vos*

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>
> <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/>

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### Ab de Vos
*29 Sep 2017, 17:27 · in reply to Marc Aramini*

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/>
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________

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### Eric Bourland
*29 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:
```

> 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 Aramini
*29 Sep 2017, 19:24 · in reply to Ab de Vos*

Nah no shame in not knowing everything under the sun.

> 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/>

> _______________________________________________

---

### Marc Aramini
*29 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.

> 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/>

> _______________________________________________

---

### Charles Gillingham
*30 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.

> 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 Bourland
*30 Sep 2017, 02:09 · in reply to Charles Gillingham*

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
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### Charles Gillingham
*30 Sep 2017, 03:32 · in reply to Charles Gillingham*

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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### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
*30 Sep 2017, 16:07 · in reply to Charles Gillingham*

Pandaemonium

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

The spatula is the natural enemy of the hypothalamus.

> 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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