Prehistoric Starcrossers

Jeff Wilson · 27 Apr 2002, 06:00 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Prehistoric Starcrossers
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:00:41 -0500
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> From: "Tony Ellis" <LittleSense at necronomicon.co.uk>

> Notice the poetic, alliterative language the Old Wise One uses here, and
> nowhere else. It's as if he's quoting some epic oral poem along the lines=
 of
> Homer. Another clue, I think, that there's a link between the ancient
> civilisations of Earth and the Annese.
>=20
> As for the archaeological record, who says they didn't leave a trace ther=
e?
> We're talking about what may be the crushed and rusted remains of only a
> single spaceship, trapped between two layers of sedimentary rock somewhere
> on a big empty planet. Easy to miss.

I meant _earthly_ archaeology record; where are the remnants of the
residences, strip mines, steel mills, chemical plants, fuel refineries,
and other features expected of an industrial society capable of building
a starcrosser?=20

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Jeff Wilson
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