AEG clones

Dave Tallman · 23 Dec 2008, 23:42 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:06 -0700
Subject: (urth) AEG clones
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James Wynn wrote:
> That's true, and time-disjunction is addressed in the story. But then it is
> only addressed in the sense of ethermail, so one has to clear some brambles
> in order to qualify that theory.
>   
Here is some additional evidence: there is a huge palace on Takanga 
Ha'i, "terrace after terrace... accented with palms" (247). How long 
would it take to build such a place with native labor? How long to sell 
enough gold to afford it, making only small quantities at a time? 
Fast-growing palm trees take ten years to reach a height of 25 feet. I 
suggest this palace is the work of a decade or more, longer than the 
president who appointed Reis' replacement has been in office.

Suppose by Woldercan time-warping Reis returned "early," while his 
counterpart was still in Woldercan. This would give him time to get his 
island kingdom and financial empire set up under aliases. At the 
scheduled time he could jump in a hopper and "return" from space as 
Ambassador Reis.

Sharon may have attempted to trace all this and gotten puzzled. Hence 
her apparently silly question to Cassie about the Reis/Rosenquist 
connection (237).

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