Tony's Ellis Island

Michael Andre-Driussi · 24 Apr 2002, 13:29 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com>
Subject: (urth) Tony's Ellis Island
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 06:29:17 -0700
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Tony Ellis wrote:
>Remarkable similarity of form to, and ability to interbreed with, human
>beings, you mean? The explanation is that abos -are- human beings. They are
>the descendants of prehistoric colonists from Earth. Wolfe goes out of his
>way to prime us with this idea in all three novellas in 5HC, and that's go=
od
>enough for me.

When you write "prehistoric," do you mean "from Gondwonaland"?  If so, the
adjective form is "Gondwonan"; this might help telegraph your position with
greater precision.  If you don't mean "Gondwonan," then I'm not at all sure
what you are referring to.

=3Dmantis=3D

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