>From: lazarus <lazarus33pjf at cox.net> >To: Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> >CC: Mia McDavid <mia_mcdavid at attbi.com>, "dragaera at dragaera.info" ><dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: The Phoenix succession (was: The Jhereg) >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:10:31 -0800 > >On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:51:28 -0800, you wrote: > > >At 12:42 PM 12/30/2002 -0600, Mia McDavid wrote: > >>I think we-all are missing something basic here. The Phoenix dies and >is > >>reborn. No conception required. I don't know how this would translate >in > >>human terms, but the whole speculation about tinkering with genes seems > >>too complicated. > > > >Oh, my goodness. > > > >Give the girl a cigar. > > > >Well, dammit, there goes our fun. :-) Not quite. We still "don't know how this would translate in human terms," to use Mia's words. I think that there's still something critical that hasn't been brought on-stage yet. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminateviruses_3mf