Re: World of Tiers question

In article <6tc58khmi336jg854l5tckrhm3712d1s79@4ax.com>,
 Bice <eichler2@comcast.net> wrote:

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I made it through all five books, although it was a slog.  I know
there were two more books written much later on, but despite the fact
that book five left so many threads dangling (including the
whereabouts and fate of the main character of books one and two!), I
have no plans to look for those last two books.  But I'm wondering if
one of them answers the following:
 
Who was the British man seen in the floating palace towards the end of
The Lavalite World?  Farmer never names him, and he never directly
appears in the story - he's just seen through a window, and later seen
helping one of the bad guys climb into the palace.  But the book keeps
mentioning him again and again.  I thought for sure he was going to
end up being important to the plot, but he just disappears out of the
story.  I got the impression that he was supposed to be a real
historical figure, but if the book gave any clues as to who he was
they must have gone right over my head.
 

Book 6 is very odd (and certainly doesn't answer any of your questions).
I have book 7 in my unread pile ( ... digs through it ...), it appears
to be a continuation of books 3 though 5.

BTW, when I read _The Lavalite World_, I came to the conclusion that it
was a merger of two manuscripts written at different times (e.g., draft
one was done around 1970, and draft two was done in 1976) and the
discrepancies between the two were not completely ironed out.

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