Shape of the Whorl

Matthew Groves · 22 Jan 2009, 16:44 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: matthewalangroves at gmail.com (Matthew Groves)
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:44:59 -0600
Subject: (urth) Shape of the Whorl
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I think that must be Marc Arimini's essay:

http://www.urth.org/whorlmap/chras-writers/marc-aramini1.htm

Much to ponder there.  No peeking, Witz.

Also, I have compiled as many translations of the names in Short Sun
as I could find on the WolfeWiki site:

http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=TheBookOfTheShortSun.Names

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Stuart Hamm <hammstu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It's hard to get "Rendevous with Rama" out of my head as I try to picture
> the Whorl..
>
> Hey, I'm getting ready to tackle the Short Sun series agan, just finished
> the Borski book...can someone please point me in the direction of an article
> I read here once...about corn-silk genes and the theory about the plants on
> green...well you know, don't want to spoil it for witz
>
> where do I search for that article???
> thanks
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> --- On Thu, 1/22/09, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> From: David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: (urth) Shape of the Whorl
> To: urth at lists.urth.net
> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:54 AM
>
> And yet ... the Whorl is "made" of "shipstone," I thought.
> That's what we are told early on in LS. Could the ambiguity of this term
> hide "asteroid matter," as well as perhaps "concrete made from
> asteroid dust"? I suppose it could. And if so, that means the hollowing was
> done much as we would blast and bulldoze a mountaintop, or with plasma
> energies.
> It also was probably done by robots, since we know Typhon had them. In that
> case, there may be room for fundamental irregularity in the base or
> foundation
> layer---so how would you ensure that all the mountains/hills point precisely
> "up"? By sighting on the LS, which presumably would have been
> installed ASAP? Or were the mountain ranges simply the remains of blasting?
> In
> that case, they would be irregular from the get-go. It would be extra work
> to
> grind the floor smooth only to introduce nice, neat perpendicular mountains
> again. Is Larry Niven available for a consult?
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> Message: 4 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:37:37 -0600 From: Matthew Groves
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I don't know if it had been
> revealed previously, but a Neighbor confirms that the Whorl is a
> "hollowed-out asteroid," (In Green's Jungles 381). On Wed, Jan 21,
> 2009 at 6:03 PM, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> > All this talk reminds me: I never can remember if the Whorl itself is
> actually cylindrical or if it's more oblong. As I recall, one of the inhumi
> calls it a "hollowed-out asteroid" at one point, and that made me try
> to remember if there were any descriptions of its exterior apart from the
> view
> from Blue/Green. If it is in fact an asteroid, I would imagine it would be
> more
> oblong. But if the entire thing was artificial, a more pure cylinder might
> be
> appropriate. I've always imagined the interior as looking like a pure
> cylinder, but the asteroid comment made me rethink that. (I'll try to find
> the inhumi quote when I get home...)
>> >
>> > To take this even further, if it's oblong, valley shadows might
> be more probable since the Long Sun wouldn't always be *directly* overhead,
> but at more of an angle. (Assuming, of course, that the interior curves
> along
> both axes...but I get the feeling that I'm starting to think too much.)
>> >
>> > Craig
>> >
>> >
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