Urth-Earth links

Gerry Quinn · 17 Oct 2011, 22:29 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: gerry at bindweed.com (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:29:48 +0100
Subject: (urth) Urth-Earth links
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From: Lee Berman 

> Hm. Advanced physics technology comes from the angels while advanced
>  biological technology comes from witches and undersea monsters. Could 
> this reflect an engineer's prejudice regarding the sciences?  Though I was 
> a bio-science major myself I could imagine an engineering student's
> preference for the nice, clean confines of a physics lab over the smelly 
> funk of a bio-lab.      

I doubt whether Wolfe would worry too much about the distinction. Both sides use the alzabo glands, for example.  Typhon uses high technology.  And for all I know, the undersea monsters may be driven by nanotech rather than some alien biology.  Their technology may be so advanced it is not recognised as such.

- Gerry Quinn
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