Starcrossers

James Jordan · 20 Apr 2002, 15:45 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: (urth) Starcrossers
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 10:45:14 -0500
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It just occurred to me that Long Sun was originally called "Starcrosser's=20
Landfall" (LoC data in the first edition of *Lake,* and Horn's statement at=20
the end of the series somewhere) -- and of course this is a link with 5HC.
         Thematically, 5HC is closer to Short Sun, so if Wolfe was thinking=20
"starcrosser" for Long Sun, that would indicate that he was thinking of the=20
same universe. Or else, that he just likes the word and considered using it=20
again. Or maybe that we ought to look for more 5HC themes in Long Sun than=20
seem to be there (seem to me to be there, anyway).
         Same universe, then? Well, Briah is the Bang-gnaB of a previous=20
universe, but the No. 5 seems to be a descendant of Wolfe, in this=20
universe. So, "same universe" would not seem to be right.
         Yet, people from Lemuria/Atlantis building spaceships? That ain't=20
OUR universe. So maybe No. 5 is a descendant of the Briah Wolfe, not of our=20
Wolfe.
         Not that it matters. But it's fun to fool around with.

Nutria


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