Thea's Identity

Sergei SOLOVIEV · 19 Apr 2013, 14:53 · from 2013-April.txt.gz

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From: soloviev at irit.fr (Sergei SOLOVIEV)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:53:47 +0200
Subject: (urth) Thea's Identity
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I think in "Silhouette" it is said that it is also some genetic 
manipulation in case of the Captain, not only food.

Sergei


Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
>
> From: Lee Berman
>
>> Thomas Bitterman:
>> > but is there a passage indicating the servants are derived from
>> > royals?
>
>> In discussing his extinguishing of some exultant families, Master 
>> Gurloes suggests
>> that they are the newest of families on Urth. So I don't think so. 
>> There may be
>> certain conclusions we can draw from their height, which is stressed 
>> so heavily.
>> Body size is so important across the whole 12 book Sun series.
>
> I think it was Jonas who said that they were the newest.
>
> I would see an analogy to the Captain in _Silhouette_, in which the 
> ruling elite are given special foods to make them taller.  [Though 
> given that Earth in that story is in a state of ecological collapse, 
> it may be that they are the onl;y ones who get normal food, and 
> everyone else is stunted.]
>
> - Gerry Quinn
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