Terminus Est

Adam Thornton · 02 Jul 2008, 13:49 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:49:41 -0500
Subject: (urth) Terminus Est
In-Reply-To: <187334.31927.qm at web83722.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <187334.31927.qm at web83722.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1E337091-6FAD-4680-AFE0-E2B156EFE9B3 at io.com>

On Jul 2, 2008, at 7:26 AM, John Smith wrote:

> This would be hard to
> craft and would further weaken the sword.

Yeah, but if you can make pistol-sized ray guns, time-and-dimension- 
hopping-mirrors, and The Ship.....

Doesn't Wolfe *say* in one of the Appendices that Terminus Est is  
interstellar-level technology, not merely the product of a skilled  
terrestrial blacksmith?

Adam

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