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The Beautiful Ones, They Always Hurt U
Endy · 28 Mar 2000, 04:32
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From: "Endy" <endymion9 at mindspring.com> Subject: (urth) Re:The Beautiful Ones, They Always Hurt U Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:32:17 Message-ID: <urth-v0028-0866 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0028/0866.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF986E.996C4F60" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF986E.996C4F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 "Talarican" <exultnttalarican at mindspring.com> scribed >or, Revenge of the Annese >I take it "No Planets Strike" plays off the old legend that the animals >present in the stable during the Nativity were briefly gifted with = speech. Wonder how that legend arose anyway? >What struck me in "No Planets Strike" was what a wimpy galactic = authority >seems to be operating. A (shapechanging!) people who use swords they = can't >even make, but must obtain in trade, imprison spacegoing humans on = their >planet and torture them if they misbehave, and the humans cower in = their >starships and do nothing about it? (and keep selling them swords?!) They want to stay alive and not be tortured. >You can tell this isn't Typhon's empire, for sure. Typhon would send a = squad >of chem soldiers with slug guns, or an erentarus of fusiliers, to = Sidhe to >kick Beautiful butt and take Beautiful names. It was my understanding that no one was ever allowed to leave so Typhon = or anyone else wouldn't know what the Beautiful Ones were doing. It was = a sleepy backwater planet that got few visitors who no one ever saw = again. Probably not worth Typhon's time if he did know about it. I = would expect it to be quarantined rather than attacked. >It's as though the humans were ruled and protected by a United = Federation of >Planets which not only has a Prime Directive, but actually takes it >seriously (unlike in Star Trek). Or, maybe the attraction of the = Beautiful >Ones is so irrestistible as to overcome the threat of military force = (but >chem soldiers?...) >I wonder what the point of the Beautiful Ones' prohibition on human >reproduction was? It seems more a parallel with the Sojourn in Egypt = than >the Slaughter of the Innocents. Better yet, how is it implemented? Are = the >humans forbidden to, um, make babies, or are any who are born = kidnapped? The >name "Sidhe" seems to imply a connection with the Celtic tutelary = beings >notorious for child-snatching. What do they do with the children they = take? >And surely they don't substitute a "changeling" of their own for it. Good questions, I wonder too. >And that miraculous child is supposed to save them? Wonder how? Letting other's know what is happening on the planet?? Dennis/Endy http://home.mindspring.com/~endymion9/index.htm ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF986E.996C4F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fff8e0> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>On Sun, 26 Mar 2000<BR><FONT = size=3D2> "Talarican" <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:exultnttalarican at mindspring.com">exultnttalarican@mindspri= ng.com</A>>=20 scribed<BR></FONT><BR>>or, Revenge of the Annese<BR><BR>>I take it = "No=20 Planets Strike" plays off the old legend that the animals<BR>>present = in the=20 stable during the Nativity were briefly gifted with = speech.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Wonder how that legend arose anyway?</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>>What struck me in "No Planets Strike" was = what a wimpy=20 galactic authority<BR>>seems to be operating. A (shapechanging!) = people who=20 use swords they can't<BR>>even make, but must obtain in trade, = imprison=20 spacegoing humans on their<BR>>planet and torture them if they = misbehave, and=20 the humans cower in their<BR>>starships and do nothing about it? (and = keep=20 selling them swords?!)<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>They want to stay alive and not be = tortured.</DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>>You can tell this isn't Typhon's empire, for = sure.=20 Typhon would send a squad<BR>>of chem soldiers with slug guns, or an=20 erentarus of fusiliers, to Sidhe to<BR>>kick Beautiful butt and = take=20 Beautiful names.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>It was my understanding that no one was ever allowed = to leave=20 so Typhon or anyone else wouldn't know what the Beautiful Ones were = doing. =20 It was a sleepy backwater planet that got few visitors who no one ever = saw=20 again. Probably not worth Typhon's time if he did know about = it. I=20 would expect it to be quarantined rather than attacked.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>>It's as though the humans were ruled and = protected by=20 a United Federation of<BR>>Planets which not only has a Prime = Directive, but=20 actually takes it<BR>>seriously (unlike in Star Trek). Or, maybe the=20 attraction of the Beautiful<BR>>Ones is so irrestistible as to = overcome the=20 threat of military force (but<BR>>chem soldiers?...)<BR><BR>>I = wonder what=20 the point of the Beautiful Ones' prohibition on = human<BR>>reproduction was?=20 It seems more a parallel with the Sojourn in Egypt than<BR>>the = Slaughter of=20 the Innocents. Better yet, how is it implemented? Are the<BR>>humans=20 forbidden to, um, make babies, or are any who are born kidnapped?=20 The<BR>>name "Sidhe" seems to imply a connection with the Celtic = tutelary=20 beings<BR>>notorious for child-snatching. What do they do with the = children=20 they take?<BR>>And surely they don't substitute a "changeling" of = their own=20 for it.<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Good questions, I wonder too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>>And that miraculous child is supposed to = save=20 them? Wonder how?<BR><BR>Letting other's know what is happening on = the=20 planet??<BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dennis/Endy<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://home.mindspring.com/~endymion9/index.htm">http://home.mind= spring.com/~endymion9/index.htm</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF986E.996C4F60-- *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/
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