Re: [OT] again Re: Rescuing livestock

I'm a big Cordwainer Smith fan, and have been for decades. He's a
brilliant writer, with a very lyrical prose style. Mom has my big
anthology right now: The Rediscovery of Man (ISBN 0915368560 , Nesfa
Press 1993). This is ranked very highly over at Amazon (5 star average
on 33 reviews, ranked 30,720 overall in sales). Get a copy if you value
literature in SF.

That said, Stroon is an immortality drug. It comes from sick sheep. Very
sick sheep. Bloody enormous sick sheep on the planet Norstrillia. To
steal a sheep would require getting a very large transport down to the
surface and then back up. And that after getting through the psionic
defences - which assumes the system defences of the richest planet in
the galaxy didn't stop you first.

I'd want a big fleet for that.

> ------------ Original Message -----------
> From: devans@uneb.edu <devans@uneb.edu>
> Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 07:46:50 -0500
> 
> 
> I thought I'd brought up Norstrilla(I'm pretty certain the proper
> spelling)
> in the midst of one of the paeans to OZ. ;->=
> 
> Interestingly, I haven't read it, but have heard enough to know of
Stroon.
> I'd read the 'Kittuns', but it's been so long I've quite forgotten
most.
> However, no need for anyone to post the specifics (If you must, you
ARE
> familiar with spoiler space, right?); I'd rather find it myself.
> 
> I'd assume that chemistry would have advanced sufficiently that an
> artificial substitute could be found. I still think the undefinable
flavor
> qualities of Betelguesian Pork might have that kind of price, though.
> 
> I've seen websites with whinging about the relatively small amount of
> material from which to build a gaming universe, too. An engaging place
to
> struggle, it seems.
> 
> The_Beast
> 
> -Douglas J. Evans, curmudgeon
> 
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