[TML] Low Berths

[Richard Aiken]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Ross Winn <ross.winn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also thought that this was a hyperbole even from E.C. Tubb's
> perspective. I reacted by creating the Terran Dominion to bring the
> focus back to Earth and rationalize all of the problems with the Canon.

Maybe I haven't read "The Winds of Gath" right.  But I don't recall it
saying low berths were intrinsically lethal.  But if you weren't in
good health to start with - as many poor people would not be (through
nutritional deficiencies) - then going into one was pretty chancy.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein