finally - a mechanism

James Jordan · 03 Dec 2002, 19:28 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: RE: (urth) finally - a mechanism
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 13:28:00 -0600
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At 11:11 AM 12/3/2002, you wrote:
>Marc writes:
>
> > Remember that when Fava and Inclito's mother tell their
> > stories, the narrator has the ability to enter their story.
> > In other words, he can alter events that he hears about
> > and use his "power" to enter the story.
>
>I believe that this forces us to grant as a "least hypothesis"
>that the Narr's astral travel ability includes the ability to
>travel in time to a space-_and-time_ location* where at least
>one member of the travelling party has been before. (I perceive
>fairly strong evidence that he has such limits in the "place"
>dimensions; _not_ to limit "time" similarly would require an
>additional hypothetical.)

I'm sure I'm forgetting something relevant, but the ability to enter a=20
story while it is told and alter it's telling does not seem to imply time=20
travel but something like telepathy. The story is changed. Is there any=20
indication that the history behind the story has been changed?

Nutria


--=20

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