Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utai.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!wjr From: wjr@utai.UUCP (William Rucklidge) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: protectors Message-ID: <659@utai.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:37:02 EDT Article-I.D.: utai.659 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:37:02 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 16:47:29 EDT References: <3246@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Reply-To: wjr@utai.UUCP (William Rucklidge) Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 21 Summary: > > Speaking of protectors, how could Beowulf Sheaffer become a protector in > "Down in Flames"? DIF takes place about the same time as The Ringworld > Engineers, in which Louis Wu is well over 200 years old. Beowulf is Louis's > stepfather, so he is closer to 300...way WAY past the maximum age to become > a protector! Ideas? > marty (mooremj@eglin-vax.arpa) Well, as I remember (it's been a while) nowhere in the Known Space history has someone who is on boosterspice eaten tree-of-life root. Seeker did when he and Teela found Mars, but he was not on boosterspice, but the Ringworld immortality drug, which is based on tree-of-life. So, it is not ruled out that someone who is chronologically older than the cutoff but who is on boosterspice so that their physical age is about right will die from eating tree-of-life root. Beowulf should have no problems... -- William Rucklidge University of Toronto UUCP {ihnp4 utzoo decwrl uw-beaver}!utcsri!utai!wjr CSNet wjr@toronto BITNET wjr at utoronto This message brought to you with the aid of the Poslfit Committee.