"Chris Adams"  wrote in message
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> Once upon a time, Dennis \(Icarus\)  said:
> >Yep, and what is a coronation? A notification to all that a new target
has
> >been set up on the firing line.
>
> Have you ever read "Solar Lottery" by Philip K. Dick? 
Whenever there's
> a new leader, an official Challenge Convention is set up to choose the
> candidate assassins.  It is nice and orderly; only one assassin can be
> active at a time.

No, I hadn't, but I'll look for it.

>
> >I thought that the Centaurum had some role in the selection of
successors.
>
> I think the only thing we _know_ about it is that JMS has a role in the
> process. :-)

Indeed - I based it on what was said in TLT.

Dennis


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