Subject: (urth) Ascian

From: Robin Dunn <bigbadgerjohnny at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:37:45 +0000

This may have come up before, but I believe Ascian comes from the
Latin for "no shadow" as the Ascians are supposed to be near the
equator.  Wolfe says as much in an interview somewhere.