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Its basic approach--which has never been done even in scholarly literature--is the original Mesopotamian forms of the Greek constellations, thereby establishing (with the help of some Mesopotamian texts--and a little archaeology too) how many of the 51 constellations we have inherited from the Greeks originated in Mesopotamia. I think the ideal way for me to publish this material would be in two forms: a scholarly book (with all the scholarly apparatus that such books need) and as a series of articles in one of the magazines--12 articles, each focused on one zodiacal constellation and the area of the sky around it. The text as it now stands is someplace between scholarly and popular and I'm not sure it doesn't fall between the two stools. However, I think it's been a long time since even Sky&Tel did a long-running series of this sort: and from what I've seen in the magazines (and from what I read in the recent CN forum about the magazines) the kind of article series I have in mind doesn't fit well in the present editorial philosophies of either magazine. But I admit I haven't yet run the idea past Sky&Tel--mostly because I wouldn't have the time right now to rewrite the book, or to write a series of articles. Anyway, that's where things stand on that project. Thanks for asking. 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