To Serve Man in Woldercan -- SPOILERS

Fernando Q. Gouvêa · 04 Oct 2008, 18:53 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:53:34 -0400
Subject: (urth) To Serve Man in Woldercan -- SPOILERS
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Matthew Keeley wrote:

> Re: Takanga group: Well, Wolfe does go to great lengths to set out a 
> geographical location for it (near Australia), but it does seem rather 
> otherworldly, and I suppose Cthulhu could mess about with space-time a 
> bit. And the Navy can sail there - perhaps it's a bit like the Bermuda 
> Triangle?

There is an island near New Zealand called Takangaroa... From the 
Wikipedia entry, one guesses that Takanga might be Maori for "net".

Fernando

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