Call from Mars

[Meg]

In the end of Wizards Holiday Kit and Nita got a call from Mars. It was on Nitas dads cell phone. What was that about and who was it? Who would be on mars and calling Kit and Nita? I'm confused so let me know what you think.

[Peter Murray]

Remember, before Nita went to Alaalu, Tom did something to her father's cell phone, so that he could phone her and it would come through on her manual. That's probably how someone on Mars called on the cell phone instead of Nita's manual.

Who would be on Mars? *rummage* I'm sure that there's a Martian wizard named in the books, but I can't find his name . Resolved in chat - the name I'm thinking of was in the WAW excerpts: "Let's message Mamvish and see if she feels like getting the team together in the next few days." - but I'm assuming she's the Martian wizard, it doesn't actually say that.
Another update: No, she's not a Martian. And she didn't make the phone call.

"That business on Mars," Kit said as he sat down across from her. "We need to get that taken care of before it gets out of hand." - Wizard's Holiday

I suspect book 9, A Wizard Of Mars or whatever it turns out to be called, will finally resolve the Mars stuff.

[Fox]

I think I'm going to have to re-read the ending!! I don't remeber that! I remember her phoning her dad through the manual like PM said but not this!! makes me think what other stuff I missed out on!! My own fault really,
Fox

[nitafan211]

Yep, I bet it will too, Pops. Fox, go back and reread it!! That was cool when they a call from mars on her dads cell phone.

[Fox]

Ok OK I will get around to re-reading that Bit (not the whole thing!) 2morw!!! I'm a busy chap!! And gots loads to do!! hahahah though there is always time for a bit of reading!! Mind you the last time I said that I was reading for a week straight!! hahahaha
Fox

[nitafan211]

lol, your silly willy! I like that name! I thin I will use it more... well, just read it. It has to be one of the best!

[Buran]

It could always be worse. There could always be the 30-minute "speed of light lag" that the Mars rovers have to deal with. Somehow, I doubt that cell phone is subject to that particular law of physics.

[kaiba4ever]

Probably tourist problems. Rhiow mentioned such a thing in "A Book of Night with Moon." Olypmus Mons is the biggest mountain in our solor system, you know. What alien species wouldn't want to go out of their way to climb it? ^_~

[Buran]

Biggest known, that is. Mars is tectonically dead and volcanoes don't move over hotspots like they do on Earth. I don't think it'd look as dramatic as Earth volcanoes do, with their jagged peaks, but certainly Hillary did have the right idea... "because it's there". I have no doubt that future astronauts will climb it, too, when we get there.

[Peter Murray]

No, in YW canon it's the biggest. This entry in the Concordance says "according to background in TBONWM) the largest shield volcano on any known planet -- a fact which has apparently turned it into something of a tourist destination."

[Buran]

Hey, I didn't say that it's not the biggest! I just explained why it's so big. Who knows what future explorations will uncover?

Astronomers have made amazing progress in finding other planets orbiting other stars. As yet, though, we can't see them up close -- we just know they're there, what their orbits are, and sometimes a little about what they're made of. That's it. It's a great time to be speculating about what's elsewhere in the universe.