Wall of Nessus

Ryan Dunn · 16 Jun 2010, 14:21 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:21:10 -0400
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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Forgive me if this hasbeen asked, but was it needed to keep out  
Typhon? Was it supposed to? What else? Any megatherians want to cause  
harm?

I can't reimagine a scenario where a 9 mile high wall would be  
critical to Nessus. And I don't want to believe Wolfe just liked the  
idea of a 9 mike high wall. Unless it was a sarcastic jab at  
immigration reform.

...ryan

On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:28 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>  
wrote:

> So it's truly a Big Object.
>
> But how Dumb is it? That's the question ...

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