I bought your book in May, Jim, and read through it pretty quickly. I've dipped into it from time to time since, but no more than I would with a whole other load of books I have hanging around. Anyway, a few hours after posting the post above, I decided to take out your 'tome' for some bedtime reading. Dipping in pretty much at random I arrive at pages 156-7 where you refer to the Mayan Calendar and Ian Xel Lungold. I'd forgotten reading this passage before, or maybe I just skimmed over it. Maybe that was one of the coincidences Ian refers to in his talk
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