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Destroying the Dome would fit with a literal interpretation of Revelation, not a Catholic one. Catholics believe rebuilding the temple is all figurative wording. From Wikipedia:

Although I will borrow some elements from a Protestant belief of a final battle at Armageddon (Satan and his armies will gather there in preparation for war), that's merely for show. Christ and Satan both know that the "battle" will come down to Connor's choice of who (whom?) to kill. I may include a skirmish between the angels and demons, which halts when Christ returns, in preparation for Connor's decision.

Also, I don't plan to incur the wrath of Muslim readers by destroying one of their most holy sites, even in fiction. There will be some effort by Connor in book two to convert them, just as he'll try to convert others, but I'm not likely to go into much detail since it would require studying multiple other religions to figure out how best to squeeze Connor into their existing beliefs. TBD.

The islands were renamed after someone named Bezos (who could it be?) from the past (and why were they renamed?). I can't imagine. Everything else is left up to the imagination of the reader.

Minor change: the Eternal Colonies are now the Independent Colonies, which seems pretty clear that they're (duh) independent (i.e., not colonies of the Earth/Imperium, as one might otherwise assume). "Free" would have worked as well, but Independent sounds loftier IMO.

Thanks. I can't remember if I saw that Holy Land website or not. I bought the book for it though, among others.

Do you foresee needing any other gods from outside the Cheyenne culture and demons/angels from the Bible? Is there no way to write the scene without pulling in gods from other mythologies? One of the reasons I commented the way I did near the end of the previous draft, is that it seemed like you were throwing everything into the story but the kitchen sink, which left virtually no time to flesh them out. Do you need to introduce a god specifically for wine? Does that god do/contribute anything else to the story? Will that god be a main character like Romano, a supporting character like Nnamani, or just someone who hangs around the saloon for a scene or two then disappears? Does he contribute significantly to the plot? At one point in Connor, I introduced a suspected infiltrator (a bishop) in one scene only to have him thrown out of the Vatican a few paragraphs later. Needless to say, I need to find a way to fix that. It adds virtually nothing to introduce and then immedialy toss a character, especially one who is supposedly evil.

Just some random musings without having even read the new chapter.

Who is the target audience by the way?

I should have some time to review your latest chapter sometime this month. I have to be careful how often I say that, though, as I'm under the gun to finish my estate documents, which has turned into a real bear.

No, Elon is already in the scene as Imperator Elonus "the Socialist", who increased taxes by 2% to feed the poor. As Ozzie said, "Madness!"

I was going to try finalizing the list of groups to keep that I posted in Premium some weeks ago, but I'm snowed under with personal crud at least until the end of the year.

> E.L.Lyons
What a great name.

Janet!  Yay. So nice to see you here in your old stomping ground. Brings back great memories.

Speaking of which, Queen Aussie has become a permanent fixture of my sci-fi romp. If you recall, she became rather demented during the opening battle, but was the only crew member to survive (she ejected just as Admiral St. James rammed the Imperial dreadnought, destroying both ships). Aussie went on to become CEO of Lo Bidda Corporation (think ACME), the inept company that built her, and is the mastermind behind numerous terrorist attacks across the galaxy, intended to drive up sales of military materiel. She's being hunted, so she's gone undercover, hiding in plain sight as the galaxy's first roving android reporter: Monarch Ozzie.

And I'm just getting warmed up.

How are you doing? In case we don't see you later this month, Merry Christmas.
Dirk

What if there's no space station there either?

I just realized the Free Colonies has the same need to explain "What are they free of?" as the Free Stars, but I don't care. The Free Colonies it is, and the adjective will be Colonial: Colonial fleet, Colonial troops, etc., which is a cool word imo.

We have [yet another] new name! LOL  I wonder if early Canadians and Americans had as much trouble naming our countries.

That reminds me of a joke I once heard from a comedian: The settlers of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan were trying to name their new settlement. One of them suggested they open the door to the cabin they were in and whatever they saw first, that would be the name. Hence Moose Jaw. It's a good thing they didn't see the other end of the moose, otherwise they'd have to call it ... Edmonton (our oft-mocked provincial capital). It was a Calgarian audience, so it got a lot of laughs. Of course, the comedian regularly did the same comedy routine in Edmonton, too, so I can guarantee the punchline there was "Calgary". Imagine the reception that joke would get in either city if the comedian ever mistook which one he was in.

Thanks for your help, gents.
Dirk

Ugh, Kdot, how do I use that here, where I'm trying to name an interstellar republic?