Quetzal in orbit

James Wynn · 19 Nov 2002, 15:27 · from urth-v0211.mbox · original

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From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at HotPOP.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) Quetzal in orbit
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:27:17 -0600
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Roy ponders:
1) How could an inhumi have attained [the position of Prolocutor]?

2) Who was Quetzal's mama?

Crush offers:
1) It is extremely unlikely that Quetzal could have attained his position at
all without the conscious assistance of persons in power. Imagine an old man
suddenly appearing out of nowhere and being a candidate for Pope without
extensive experience in the Church and without personal connections among
the Cardinals. Quetzal was undoubtedly skulking around somewhere before he
took up the bacculus.

2) I have reasons to believe that this question is not important:
http://gene-wolfe.tripod.com/midas.htm

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