Prehsitoric Starcrossers

Jeff Wilson · 26 Apr 2002, 02:38 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
Subject: (urth) Prehsitoric Starcrossers
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:38:01 -0500
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>      From:=20
>           "Tony Ellis" <LittleSense at necronomicon.co.uk>

> Jeff Wilson wrote:
> >How do you explain the remarkable similarity of form and the ability
> >to interbreed, then?
>=20
> Remarkable similarity of form to, and ability to interbreed with, human
> beings, you mean? The explanation is that abos -are- human beings. They a=
re
> 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 g=
ood
> enough for me.

I'll bite; how did the prehistoric societies travel the stars without
leaving any hint of their ability to do so in either the story or the
archaeological record?

--=20
Jeff Wilson
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