>>It seems even divine intervention cannot (or will not) save Corwin
>>from Utena.
>
>Why should he need to be saved? People need to be saved from
>bad things. :)

That would explain why it didn't save him.

>
>>Corwin giving Utena The Great Book of Amber:
>>1) Once again my MP3 player displayed its sentience by playing the
>>artifact fanfare from Valkyrie Profile.
>
>Heh. Though one would think that would have been more appropriate for
>the Thorn of the Rose.

Perhaps, although: 1) the fanfare is only ten seconds long which is a bit short for that whole scene, and 2) most of the artifacts in Valkyrie Profile aren't weapons or armor, and thus their utility is not always obvious.

>
>>Are we ever going to get an explanation of how the Dyson sphere was
>>built in under a century? Beyond "Authorial Fiat", that is?
>
>Maybe. (But who says it was?)

I suppose a system-wide temporal compression field would simplify timely contstruction, but with that kind of tech, why bother?

Polychrome