The Tallus chapter
The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 21 Apr 2000
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/whorl/826
I alluded to this when I finally got through reading Blue's Waters:
doesn't Horn state that he included details in his previous work (the short sun) that were of a technical nature so that the book could also have practical value as an engineering text?
That may go a way towards explaining why the tallus passage is so extended. But I like your suggestion too.
Paul
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