That's alright. It happens to the best of us -- and it even happens to people like me.

: Second. Do either of you see a connection between 'Breed To Come' and 'Catseye'? Are the sentient critters in both the same race?

To be blunt, No. The sentient critters in Catseye are gengineered cats, foxes and a kinkajou from a 47th Century ASF (we can discuss dating later) Terra which did not suffer the same ecocatastrophe as the Successor World in which the events of Breed to Come take place.

The world of Breed to Come is one in which formerly domesticated and/or wild animals have been affected by some mutagenic or teratogenic compound and have therefore evolved into a completely separate species from what we would immediately recognize. To me -- and this is a strictly personal interpretation -- Furtig's people are at a midpoint along the trail which leads from Sinbad (remember him?) to Lord Yolyos (see Android at Arms -- how's that for convoluted linkages?).

: Oh, and for some reason my system is misreading that link you gave me Michael. What is the address?

The URL is ftp://sflovers.rutgers.edu/pub/sflovers/fiction/norton-timeline.txt

I checked it at 9:55 PST today -- it works. But I also note from your e-mail address that you are joining us through AOL and I have heard (rumors) that AOL customers often have trouble accessing FTP and TELNET sites, so that may be the problem.

Hope you can access it. If not, e-mail me off the board and we'll see if we can't figure out another way for you to get it.

Respectfully,

Michael B. Caffrey
Stellae Nostrae Sunt!