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Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:54:20 -0800 (PST) From: Jerry FriedmanSubject: Re: (urth) Free Live Free, the unnamed city --- Michael Andre-Driussi wrote: > Roy wrote: ... > > And the > >Flying Carpet is near the airport. The flask and the matches point to > New > >York City. I don't think that is the city, but the city is probably > close to > >NYC. The television commentator said it was a major US city. It's > definitely > >not Philadelphia. It's far enough north to get cold and have snow. If > the > >shuttle used in 1942 operated under the same conditions as in 1982-3 > (never > >too far from _High Country_), then that plane landed at Langley Field, > >Virginia. The high and mighty aboard the _High Country_ probably wanted > to > >stay close to the center of government power in Washington DC. The > city, if > >it exists, should be between there and NYC, as I see it. > > That narrows it down dramatically! There are not that many major cities > between DC and NYC, and tending toward the coast: Baltimore, Wilmington > (major?), Philadelphia, Atlantic City (major?), and Trenton (major?). I think Newark is a possibility too. And why not a little bit north/east of New York? Say New Haven, or more likely Providence, home of Lovecraft. For some reason I always suspected it was B'more, but that may be only a reflection of my ignorance. Jerry Friedman __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --