Kestrel wrote:Not sure.
I am not even sure if the warps thao refers to the spaceships using as the same warps they use to get into the parallel universe.
Also, dose this have anything in common with the confusion of our physical universe with a parallel Reality ?
Based on the book footnote comment that you quoted, and as Alisima said, I don't think the warp referred to in Chapter 3 when the Bakaratinian spaceships had to get out of the Earth as soon as they could, has anything to do with the parallel universe's warp.
Actually, I thought the warps were the same, until I re-read the comment from the online book and then saw you have posted it too above (I had missed that). The comment was not in the original publication of the book, but it sure clarifies things now. Thank you, Kestrel, for bringing up the issue. Thank you, Alisima, for your comments from Tom's article.
1 - Warp here means ‘a gravitational hole’ - a region of weak gravity. (Editor’s note based on the explanation of the Author)
On the other hand, it seems that Thao and her people are using the parallel universe warp as a passage point, too, for reasons of easy total invisibility at all times for their spaceship and for themselves when they need to be outside the ship.
End of Chapter 13:
When I asked Thao if I would be taken back by way of the parallel Universe again, she replied in the affirmative. I wondered why and she explained that it was the best way since it meant that they didn’t have to contend with the reactions of witnesses.
Kestrel wrote:Actually I did a search on the subject. I could have sworn there was a similar triangle in the pasific near japan that I saw on television years ago called the devils trianlge. However, thats another name for the bermuda triangle. That leaves me wondering whats the japanese one called?
Yes, I've read about such a triangle, too, and it's really called the Devil's Triangle, but as I said, some people are confusingly using the same name for the Bermuda Triangle. Searching the Net more is going to leave you without doubt.