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The Whorl list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 12 Oct 1999
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Michael Andre-Driussi — 12 Oct 1999, 16:47

Wombat,

> At 02:24 PM 10/12/99 -0700, Mantis wrote:

> > Wombat had the subjective time for the flight of the Whorl but wanted to
> > know what the objective time was.
> > 
> > Subjective time: 332 years, exactly.

> I'm sure you've said this before, but what's your cite on that?

The circular written by Remora is dated "30th Nemesis 332" (III, 173).

=mantis=



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Kevin J. Maroney — 13 Oct 1999, 11:06
  follows, by subject match Michael Andre-Driussi

> At 04:47 PM 10/12/99 -0700, Mantis wrote:
> The circular written by Remora is dated "30th Nemesis 332" (III, 173).

And can we be sure that the calendar dates from the launch of the _Whorl_? 

Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at crossover.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html

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