House Absolute

Son of Witz · 01 Dec 2008, 23:59 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:59:39 +0000
Subject: (urth) House Absolute
Message-ID: <W7562225321135571228175979@webmail45>

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>> Yo, but we're talking about a book where the space ships have masts and sails.
>> It need not conform to science.
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>but the author includes an explanation for the sailing spaceships - 
>there's no suggestion of why time passes so differently at the stone 
>town, Casdoe's cabin, and Saltus.

maybe I'm being dense, but I'm not sure I follow.
Time at the stone town is in a magical time. I think The Cumaean mentions that all times become one in the trance state she brings about.
and the Stone Town seems to be one of those Resonant sorts of places that has managed to stay at the surface.  It would also seem that it has not been built over, that its' mostly rocky wasteland in that territory.

But how does time pass differently at Casdoe's and Saltus?
Do you mean the cliff and the mine?

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