Re: Roman/Egyptian UFO

I'm totally fascinated by anything to do with ancient Egypt, and in fact I'm
going to be going there in Sept 2002 (a trip which includes a 6 day cruise
up the Nile - I can't wait!). I placed one of my UFO stories in Egypt too
(Shifting Sands on the SHADO Library). Interesting that folks have been
discussing Straker in terms of being a Roman, and Foster in terms of being
an Egyptian - one could write a neat story about Straker being a
reincarnation of Caesar and Foster being a reincarnation of Marc Antony
(both of whom fell to the charms of Queen Cleopatra). I don't know how one
would work it into the modern day aspect of UFO, but it's worth
consideration if you're into the fantasy angle of it all. Hey Stevo - wanna
take this assignment on?

Pam

You might consider reading the book by Poul Anderson, "The Boat Of A
Million Years" (TOR 1989), and adapting similar immortality
concepts... Then Ed could be as immortal as we all want (expect) him
to be and he could BE Caesar too! The book is excellent and contains
a cute limerick on page 448 too, but the immortality thing is what I
was getting at of course.

Shawn, (Lurking no longer)

--- In SHADO@y..., "Pam McCaughey" <editor@a...> wrote:
> I'm totally fascinated by anything to do with ancient Egypt, and in
fact I'm
> going to be going there in Sept 2002 (a trip which includes a 6 day
cruise
> up the Nile - I can't wait!). I placed one of my UFO stories in
Egypt too
> (Shifting Sands on the SHADO Library). Interesting that folks have
been
> discussing Straker in terms of being a Roman, and Foster in terms
of being
> an Egyptian - one could write a neat story about Straker being a
> reincarnation of Caesar and Foster being a reincarnation of Marc
Antony
> (both of whom fell to the charms of Queen Cleopatra). I don't know
how one
> would work it into the modern day aspect of UFO, but it's worth
> consideration if you're into the fantasy angle of it all. Hey
Stevo - wanna
> take this assignment on?
>
> Pam

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> You might consider reading the book by Poul Anderson, "The Boat Of A
> Million Years" (TOR 1989), and adapting similar immortality
> concepts... Then Ed could be as immortal as we all want (expect) him
> to be and he could BE Caesar too! The book is excellent and contains
> a cute limerick on page 448 too, but the immortality thing is what I
> was getting at of course.
>
> Shawn, (Lurking no longer)

Hi, Shawn! <waving>

Hmmmm, immortal, huh? <ponder>
Pity, Ed wasn't immortal in "Highlander!" <grrrrrrrrrrrrrr>

Interesting idea ....

TA!

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Glad to be here, I always lurk for a while anywhere I go... just
until I figure out if I am REALLY in the right place or not. Just
picture me stepping out from beside (not behind) the drapes wearing
my full length black trench and beat up black fedora <smiling
pleasantly with an outstretched hand>. I think I AM in the right
place. I just could no longer resist piping up when I started
bouncing in my chair wanting to throw in comments. I have been
assimilated and you know, these implants don't itch nearly as much as
I thought they might.<G>

I too am one of those who saw UFO in the early 70's and caught some
re-runs into the mid 70's. I saw a few of those that SciFi mangled
badly and re-ran a couple years ago. I went looking for more UFO and
found this place.

BTW
If the immortality were to work the same way it did in the book then
Alec could still worry and Henderson could still be just anxious and
abrasive because the immortals in that book could still be killed
they just had incredibly good healing abilities and no aging.
Immortality would give Ed Straker an incredibly good perspective on
humanity and possibly explain some of his coldness, he would have
already seen all manner of human suffering, need, joy, success,
failure et al. Might be a neat way to explain and work with his
seeming remoteness as well as opening up all of history, past present
and future to Ed and other immortals that could be part of SHADO.
Maybe he's been chasing aliens for centuries and only in the late
20th century has the tech to fight back! His friction with Henderson
could very well go back to when they fought over bear skins in an ice
cave 14,000 years ago<L>...

...could brainstorm scenarios for hours.

Anyway...
--- Yuchtar and Amelia: thanks for the welcome.
Shawn Kelly
San Diego, CA

HeyIthinkI'mgoingtolikeithere!

--- In SHADO@y..., BedsitterOne@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/26/01 11:10:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> sdkelly@s... writes:
>
> << Then Ed could be as immortal as we all want (expect) him
> to be and he could BE Caesar too! >>
>
> Shawn ,
> This would come as an immense relief to Alec. <chuckles> But an
immense PAIN
> to Henderson!!!! Et tu, Henderson! Glad you de-lurked!
>
> To Denise: Ed conveys pain better than anyone I can think of with
just those
> large expressive eyes. The scene where Alec tells him that the
transporter
> was diverted is good too. Watch sometimes how he touches himself
and hugs
> himself, I always interpreted that as being touch starved, but heck
I'm
> another one of those strange UFO fan fic writers ; - D <vbg>
>
> To Yuchtar : nyah nyah nyah
>
>
> Amelia <still walking like an Egyptian and bringing Pharoah Straker
his sweet
> and light coffee and buttered toast >

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From: <[hidden email]>


> In a message dated 6/29/01 10:13:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [hidden email] writes:
>
> << ...could brainstorm scenarios for hours.
> >>
> Come do it with us mice . TheWriteMice. We accept scenarios <g> I'd
like
> to rewrite that Edward banner Highlander episode.

Nice idea!
:-)

> But I haven't even written spiral.

<cavernous voice>
Nope, you haven't!

> Amelia <fleeing from Anny>

--Anny <running behind fleeing Amelia wearing horned helmet, battle axe and
howling savagely>

P.S. Sorry bunch, had to do it! Heh heh heh!

OKay! Something more on-topic then: the latest Denise Felt story's in the
library and it's a must!
8-)
There!

And, lastly, a nice word of advice to James K:
If you want to pick a knife fight with a Dave, I'd recommend not to pick on
Monsieur Walsh...
He's got a couple of big swords... Wouldn't mess with him!
;-)

--Over and out

At 10:55 PM 7/2/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> << ...could brainstorm scenarios for hours.
>> >>
>> Come do it with us mice . TheWriteMice. We accept scenarios <g> I'd
>like
>> to rewrite that Edward banner Highlander episode.
>
>Nice idea!
>:-)

But you can't make him an Immortal due to the fact that he has (had) a
son in that episode!

>> But I haven't even written spiral.
>
><cavernous voice>
>Nope, you haven't!
>
>> Amelia <fleeing from Anny>
>
>--Anny <running behind fleeing Amelia wearing horned helmet, battle axe and
>howling savagely>

That's how my wife dressed for work tonight too! Weird thing is that
she's a nurse! 8-/

What a coincidence! I'm in the middle of cleaning and polishing them as
I write this too!

For a bit more on-topic, I too am building the Monsters in Motion
resin recast of the WAVE SkyDiver model. I finished the Sky 1, and I'm in
the middle of masking and painting the Diver. But I ran into one little
problem-- the resin casting of the hull is as thin as an eggshell in some
spots, and I discovered one with my finger as I was sanding! So now I'm in
the middle of reinforcing, filling, sanding, filling again and sanding
again to fix the damn thing! 8-[



There was a space traveler named Wright
Who liked to go faster than light
He started one day
In a relative way
And came back the previous night!

Dave Walsh
Harlington-Straker Sound Productions
[hidden email]
http://members.home.net/darqnyt/index.html