From: "Don Doggett" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Blue as Ushas - long
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:12:29 -0800

 Hi Chris.  You wrote:

As far
> as the time stoppage, if this were a product of the ship's velocity then
> everyone would have experienced it, not just Silk - not to mention there
are
> some other effects of such phenomena that would have been rather
disruptive
> to the Whorl.

I would argue that Silk's awareness of the time stoppage is an anomalous
result
of his being out of time, by way of his enlightenment.  I think it more
likely that no one would notice a change in the velocity of a body the size
of the Whorl.  It is, after all, the size of a small planet.  As for
disruptions, the Whorl is already quite disrupted before Silk's
enlightenment, and it grows quickly worse as the narrative progresses.  Of
course, I know very little of ftl travel.

Don



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