Bill, Time River seems an interesting book, it amazes me how people can go back in time and get such details. A few weeks ago I heard that folks here at Harvard were talking about changing the direction of the Charles River, at first I thought it was a joke, but was assured that its not a joke its for real. Have you ever heard of rivers being tampered with other than sand bagging.? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, but I know the Mississsippi changed direction for a while because of an earthquake. Goro didn't go back in time, he correlated the features of the rivers with past history, Egyptian mythology, Greek Mythology, and astronomy creating a time line for the rivers. The Mississippi is the time river for the US, and if Goro is right, then time is up for us. Of course that doesn't mean the end of the US, but it may mean the end of the US being the New World. Mars is set to become the New World and the New Frontier within the very near future. Finished with Time Rivers, and now starting Human Devolution by Michael Cremo; the alternate history of the human race.