Dredging up the past

Jim Russell · 12 Jun 2000, 10:31 · from urth-v0029.mbox · original

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From: Jim Russell <J.A.Russell at exeter.ac.uk>
Subject: (urth) Dredging up the past
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:31:57 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
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Ok, Im not sure if this has been dealt with or not, but=20
referring back to the Jonas, Hethor, Tzadkiel stuff...

At several points in UotNS characters note that there is=20
only one ship travelling between the stars, but because it=20
ignores standard temporaral physics it seems like many. So=20
the ship has a linear, internal history which does not obey=20
the laws of normal time (just like Sev). Bearing in mind=20
the high possibility that Jonas had served on this ship (at=20
some point in history), can we assume that the crashlanding=20
he talks about is the end of Tzadkiel's ship?

When he then steps into Father Inire's mirrors, claiming=20
that he will return when he is "Sane and whole" isn't he =20
talking about returning to his own past aboard the ship=20
(The asumption being that he will emerge between the sails=20
which pick up the apports that plague the ship).

Obviously this poses some (whopping) problems with regards=20
to the Jonas/Miles situation, but I'd appreciate hearing=20
anyone else's thoughts on this.

Feel free to shout me down at will.
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Jim Russell
University of Exeter

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