GRGR P1S1: This screaming is lasting a long time...
John Doe
tristero69 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 27 19:08:36 CDT 2005
...less than five minutes...and your're right...."his"
rocket is not the same one as one alluded to ( if even
) in the scene that is "all theatre"....two different
rockets....one is "in" the narrative histoire proper,
and the other, "implied" rocket is not...
--- David Meury <dmeury at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't think the screaming across the sky that
> overhangs Pirate's dream (and the book) comes from
> the
> same rocket that he sees in the sky after he wakes.
> That one seems to me to have been recently launched
> when he sees it. Does anyone know how long a burn
> would take before fuel cut-off given the distance?
>
>
>
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