House Absolute

Jeff Wilson · 02 Dec 2008, 00:26 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:26:04 -0600
Subject: (urth) House Absolute
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Son of Witz wrote:
>>> Yo, but we're talking about a book where the space ships have masts and sails.
>>> It need not conform to science.
>> 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

remaining at the surface should mean the structures get even more 
weather and erosion than if they were safely buried in detrius or middens.


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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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