Father Inire as Dionysus

Sergei SOLOVIEV · 26 Oct 2011, 16:34 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: soloviev at irit.fr (Sergei SOLOVIEV)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:34:00 +0200
Subject: (urth) Father Inire as Dionysus
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The ships in the citadel are landers - it is noticed several times 
during the
visits of Horn/Silk. They cannot go to the stars. They may
remain from the epoch when humankind travelled to the stars, but
only one true starcrosser - Whorl - is really described. But there
surely had to be more (and Quasar - one of them) at this old glorious
epoch. By the way, the Neighbours should be familiar with star travel,
otherwise they would not mention the Whorl as starcrosser so casually.

Sergei

Lee Berman wrote:
>> Sergei Solviev: What about the epoch when humankind travelled to the Stars? 
>> Vodalus wants to restore it. Hardly possible if there was always  just one ship.
>>     
>  
> Tzadkiel's ship was not used to spread humanity from Urth throughout the galaxy.
> The towers/hulks which comprise much of the Citadel are examples of these ships
> and they are quite different than Tzadkiel's.
>
> Moreover, Tzadkiel's ship is not of Urthly origin.  It is so gigantic (and perhaps 
> so mystical) that it can't approach Urth and requires a smaller tender ship to 
> ferry passengers to the planet. 
>
> Tzadkiel's ship does so much more than go to the stars. It travels to the end
> of the universe (which is also its beginning). No other ship can do that. 		 	   		  
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