Re: War of the Worlds

IIRC, and yes, it's been a while since I read the book too, they did not

have joints.  Instead, the legs and arms were made of strips of 
(presumabley) metal, kind of like a leaf spring.  The parts slid along
each 
other, lengthening and shortening to perform articulation.

Man.. I hope that that's accurate and not just one of my
hallucinations... 
:D

J

--On Friday, March 04, 2005 12:29 AM -0800 Rrok Anroll 
<coldnovemberrain_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I haven't read in a while, but I remember the old films, (hmm... movie
> night...must make note of that...) was there something that
> specifically said the walkers didn't have joints? cause even without a
> wheel, a 'ball' joint would work.....
>
> --- John K Lerchey <lerchey@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> they can miss things like "The martians had never invented the wheel"
>> and
>> thus, their walkers did not have joints in the legs.  Grumble
>> grumble.
>
>
> Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and
the
> true crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.
>
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