Re: Sheri Tepper, and problems with the Arbai Trilogy.

From: farah mendlesohn (fm7@YORK.AC.UK)
Date: Tue Jun 24 1997 - 08:08:58 PDT


On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:57:09 -0400 Allen Briggs wrote:

> > First, I want to say I am a BIG Tepper fan.
>
> Me too, although not to the degree you are. :-)
> I read Sideshow first, then Grass, then re-read Grass, read Raising
the
> Stones, then re-read Sideshow (and read other novels in between).
I
> have collected, but not yet read, several of her mysteries.
>
> Anyway, I hope that I can phrase this reply to your post well enough
to
> avoid spoilers...
>
> If I recall correctly, the Arbai device was created after the Arbai
were
> on Grass--perhaps as a result of their contact with Grass. I don't
think
> the device is present in/on Grass at all. Do you have a reference
that
> contradicts that?
>
> Pax,
> -allen
>
> --
> Allen Briggs - end killing - briggs@macbsd.com

The only other solution that I can offer is evolution is sometimes
perverse and not everything happens the way it *should*. I mean,
who would have guessed hooves for rock climbing?

Farah



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