[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 10/23/2002 1:10:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > The ships have to tap into hyperspace to land or take of. It is mentioned in > HR. > One of the occupants aboard Harries station flying to Jijo piloted by Kaa on > the > last shreds of hyperspace (I think it is Harry but not sure) is pondering > whether the shipwrecked Jophur will be able to land without the attachment of > galaxy 4 to hyperspace. There is also a mentioning that those shipwrecked > Jophur > travelling in lifeboats, corvettes and the likes are approximatly two months > behind Lucky Kaa while approaching Jijo orbit. > > Sonja >> > > Ahhh. You know I've already emailed to Dr. Brin that I find that the trilogy > has more detail and more scene changes than The Lord of the Rings. There is > just too much to hold in memory after only two of three readings. > > Now I thought the Rupture was mostly disrupting transfer points. Harry had to > slip through B space about 50 times to get from the transfer point to Jijo's > sun. Hyperspace still works (somewhat) after the rupture. I didn't think it > was going away entirely within Galaxy 4.
It is. As I got it the rupture of transfer points is a symptom of the much larger event where space/time becomes flat (e.g. the layers of space detach, so no B, C, D or E space is left just normal space therefor the name shallow cluster) as a result of the detachment from the other galaxies. In fact that is why Kaa in Harries ship (not Harry) is slipping in and out of B space. Hyperspace is getting totally unstable while detatching from real space and becoming shallow. In fact with the last jump they barely make it into Jijo's system on the last shreds of hyperspace detatching from real space or to that effect. I have a fairly good plotline memory and I find it no trouble remembering what happened when or in which order. Only some of the details are beyond my memory. But since I just read it you can ask me whatever you like. I'm fairly sure I'll be able to find the references. > Unless someone has the time line all plotted out, I'll just have to wait > three weeks for Dr. Brin's answer. (I figure it'll take a week to get to low > priority answers.) > > Meanwhile I'll think up something else stupid. > > The Commons boo ships land on the moon. One of the Terran books they have is > The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Can throwing rocks at the Jophur help? Can they > make a mile long non-tapering Traeki that adapts the g'Kek bio magnetism? > > Thinking stupid thoughts is fun. Well I do have a few questions but I'll leave them untill I'm more coherent to formulate them correctly. It is way past my bedtime. I'm afraid I haven't read Temptation yet. Didn't know it was around. I'll get to it after I finish Tad Williams series. Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
