Jonas in the Antechamber

Peter Stephenson · 01 Jun 1999, 14:05 · from urth-v0027.mbox · original

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws at ibmth.df.unipi.it>
Subject: Re: (urth) Jonas in the Antechamber
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:05:43 +0200
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David_Lebling at avid.com wrote:
> My take on this, ever since first reading _New Sun_, is that a major part=
 of
> Jonas' distress is the realization of how much time has passed on Urth si=
nce=20
> his
> departure. He tells the fairly straightforward story of the _Fortunate Cl=
oud'
> s_
> return, remarking that the spaceport wasn't where they expected it to be =
(bad
> info, continental drift, or what?).

What, presumably: it's turned into a citadel, with torturers, witches,
magic atria, homunculi, the works.  Nowhere a hard-working sailor can land
a spaceship any more.  (Borskian exercise: now prove that the Matachin
tower is part of Jonas' ship having passed through a time-warp.  Way beyond
my competence, but maybe someone out there...)

corncrake

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