BUTLER%MIT-DMS@sri-unix.UUCP (07/13/83)
From: "Richard Butler, L" <BUTLER @ MIT-DMS>
The Neil Peart alterations to Anthem are large, but the "Elder Race"
which still "learns and grows" is, as I remember the story (not
having my copy of the album handy to be sure), a group of humans
separated from the men of the home system when said (solar) system
blew itself to hell with the help of the human race (whole planets
destroyed, y'know- couldn't happen again, they say). They are not
aliens at all, just galactic tourists coming home.
-Me
P.S. I still don't like the idea of those dual monochromatic shadows
that Fred Blonder suggests should exist on Tatooine. If he would
please reiterate the evidence he gave atop the Comp Sci building at
UMD on the 4th, I would like to know if anyone else has any comments
on this subject; it should make light reading.