>And [Marty] 'convincing' [Mike Carpenter] to join the Legion
>is the kind of thing Martin would do - punishment that would either
>get him killed or turn him into a better person, AND hide him just
>in case someone decided, what the hell, he doesn't deserve to live
>anyway.

Yeah, someone like the authors.

(Let's head off one question before it even gets asked... no, you will never see or hear from Mike Carpenter again. We don't know what happens to him from here on out. Neither do we care. So don't ask.)

>5) "So You've Just Arrived From A Parallel Dimension". Why do I have
>the feeling there's copies of that thing, done in various unusual
>materials, all over the UFP in those just-in-case sorts of places?
>And of course, who better to write it?

Who better, indeed?

FYI, that volume is part of Derek's bestselling "So You..." line of reference books. You'll probably get a chance to see some of the others later on. :)

--truss.