Sev's skull and spring constellations

Alice K. Turner · 08 Jul 2003, 03:48 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: "Alice K. Turner" <aturner6 at nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Sev's skull and spring constellations
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 23:48:57 -0400
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> huh?
>
> BTW? Can someone please recap what the Miracle of Apu-Punchau was?

The miracle of Apu-Punchau was an eclipse. Or a supposed eclipse; actually,
as Wolfe makes (almost) clear in his afterword, it was the very large
starship Sanru passing across the sun. This "miracle" echoes the one in Mark
Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court--which was a genuine
eclipse. Wolfe is not so crass as to copy.

-alga

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