Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 11:54:56 -0700
From: Michael Andre-Driussi 
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Tony's Ellis Island

Tony Ellis wrote:
>Gondwanaland is never mentioned in isolation in the novellas, but always in
>the same breath as Atlantis, Africa, Mu, and other places quite separate in
>terms of geography and the time at which they existed or are supposed to
>have existed. Since it is never established which, if any, of these is the
>home the ancient colonists came from, picking the one with the most
>scientific name isn't really being any more precise.

Well no, "scientific name" isn't what I'm looking at--it is the "date
stamp" that each one carries.

Granted, the list which you allude to is a mixed bag of real and legendary
places.  But it seems to me that each, even the legendary ones, has a date
associated with it.

Basically I wonder how your reading has accomodated Gondwanaland.  There
must be a hundred ways, or at least a few dozen.  Rather than I list a few,
I would rather you just tell me.

Your message above suggests you are looking at/for a single wave of
colonization?  Another interesting datapoint in reconstructing the mosaic
of your personal reading.

=mantis=


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