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Alice Turner16 Mar 1997, 20:36original

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I was under the impression that Nessus was below the equator, and that one had to travel north to reach the hot jungles at "the waist of the Urth". Urth's magnetic fields may have flipped several times, but I don't think that civilization would globally agree to swap the designations "north" and "south" at those times

Two words for you, mort: "plate tectonics" <g>. Remember Gondwanaland (not literally, of course)? Continents migrate. Questions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com

Patera Jack17 Mar 1997, 03:37original

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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997 20:36:54 -0500, Alice Turner wrote: : > I was under the impression that Nessus was below the equator, and that : > one had to travel north to reach the hot jungles at "the waist of the : > Urth". Urth's magnetic fields may have flipped several times, but I : > don't think that civilization would globally agree to swap the : > designations "north" and "south" at those times : : Two words for you, mort: "plate tectonics" <g>. Remember Gondwanaland (not : literally, of course)? Continents migrate. Point taken - I seem to also recall that in Severian's day, Ocean encircled Urth, which would indicate a bit of slippage. Also, I... *** OFF TOPIC ALERT *** OFF TOPIC ALERT *** OFF TOPIC ALERT *** Whoops. OK, back to the Whorl. Regarding the Whorl's age, or how long since its launch, I seem to remember a letter to Silk from Quetzal in "Caldé" that bore an actual date: "30th Nemesis 332". 332 years since launch? I have no idea what "30th Nemesis" means. (BTW, I'd also like to see a separate Wolfe Appreciation mailing list if such a thing comes to be.) May every god favor you, J _________________ revjack at radix.net Questions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com

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