See another of her lectures/Tables
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Description Topics[edit]
| Palaeontological Fads | Topic |
|---|
| 1 - 2 | the evolutionary place of Devils |
| 3 - 4 | the evolutionary place of humans among other creatures |
| 5 - 9 | the question of whether ancient animals had Souls |
| 10 - 19 | the age of the oldest lizards |
| 20 | the Surface relatives of Flukes |
| 21 - 22 | creatures of the Palaeogene |
| 23 - 24 | creatures of the Mesozoic |
| 25 - 27 | creatures of the Jurassic |
| 28 - 29 | creatures of the Cretaceous era |
| 30 - 34 | creatures of the Triassic |
| 35 - 44 | ancient birds as large as horses |
| 45 - 49 | the formation of beaks and wings |
| 50 - 54 | the common Surface fear that dinosaur bones in fact come from the Neath, and are a threat to Surface inhabitants |
| 55 - 59 | bones dug up on the Surface that turned to dust as soon as they were exposed to the sun |
| 60 - 69 | the evolution of sightless cave-dwelling amphibians |
| 70 - 79 | the division of ancient time into various eras |
| 80 - 84 | a giant fossil under Mrs Plenty's Carnival |
| 85 - 89 | features unique to skeletons found in Parabola |
| 90 - 94 | the twisted and sometimes helical bones found in Flute Street |
| 95 - 100 | a type of cattle unique to Bullbone Island |
Attendees[edit]
 The Airs of London | Who she is speaking to | Who is ahead of you |
|---|
| 1 - 9 | schoolchildren | A child |
| 10 - 14 | the students of Sinning Jenny's school | A student |
| 15 - 16 | a cluster of skeptical academics | A professor of Cryptopalaeontology |
| 17 - 19 | a cluster of skeptical academics | A professor of Theosophistry |
| 20 - 24 | a crowd of Rubbery Men | A non-Rubbery woman |
| 25 - 29 | an avid audience of monster hunters | A man with a harpoon |
| 30 - 34 | an audience of vicars | A Bishop |
| 35 - 39 | officials from the Department of Menace Eradication | An austere official |
| 40 - 44 | a gathering of nuns | A woman in a crumpled wimple |
| 45 - 49 | Ministry representatives (all of them rather grim-faced) | A grim official |
| 50 - 54 | a Society Salon | A woman in a fantastical hat |
| 55 - 59 | a set of Constables-in-Training | A beardless Constable |
| 60 - 64 | the closest intimates of the Duchess | A Viscountess |
| 65 - 69 | a group of would-be investors and industrialists | A gentleman in a striped suit |
| 70 - 79 | a collection of curious Bohemians | A young man wearing a barrel |
| 80 - 84 | a faction of Union members | A worker |
| 85 - 89 | an audience liberally populated with Revolutionaries | A girl wearing a red flag pin |
| 90 - 94 | a small group of dedicated Nocturnalist landscape painters | A painter |
| 95 - 100 | a delegation from the Labyrinth of Tigers | A zookeeper |
Success[edit]
 Familiarity | Topic |
|---|
| 2 | […] there is a good deal of new material in this version. This time, she speaks about her excavation work, the process of pulling bones out of the ground, the difficulty of finding responsible diggers who will neither damage the evidence nor steal it. |
| 3 | This variant of her speech is aimed at raising funds. She wants to go on digging on the Surface, but the local societies are not offering her enough support. She does not say why. […] Perhaps the Neath is a more comfortable place for her, after all. |
| 4 | Today's speech includes a few minutes on Whitsun – […] how they might be related to the Beasts above and below. […] Someone who looks very much like a disguised Ministry employee wants to know about how the eggfall could be prevented in future. |
| 5 | She has updated her materials since last you saw her speak. […] She has imagined winged and tusked mammoths, Zee-beasts […] things with vanes and wings. Bohemians have painted them all. |
| 6 | This variant of her speech is aimed at raising funds. She wants to go on digging on the Surface, but the local societies are not offering her enough support. She does not say why. […] Perhaps the Neath is a more comfortable place for her, after all. |
| 7+ | Even after all these lectures, you are still finding fresh things to wonder at. Anecdotes you have heard before offer details you had not previously noted. |
 Fads | The person asking a question is... |
|---|
| 1 - 9 | A journalist |
| 10 - 24 | A newspaperwoman |
| 25 - 39 | An enthusiast of Rubbery Men |
| 40 - 49 | A Society matron |
| 50 - 54 | A professor of Cryptopalaeontology |
| 55 - 57 | A professor of Theosophistry |
| 58 - 59 | A student |
| 60 - 68 | A frog-collector |
| 69 - 74 | A Constable |
| 75 - 79 | A detective |
| 80 - 84 | A vicar |
| 85 - 89 | A Bishop |
| 90 - 97 | An Urchin |
| 98 - 100 | A well-dressed child |
| London Airs | (The person) asks about... |
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| 1 - 9 | her evidence. |
| 10 - 24 | how someone else might enter the field of palaeontology. |
| 25 - 49 | her colleagues. |
| 50 - 74 | her expenses. |
| 75 - 89 | the risks of her work. |
| 90 - 100 | the security of palaeontological digs. |
