interview questions

Lee Berman · 27 Dec 2010, 12:05 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:05:14 -0500
Subject: (urth) interview questions
Message-ID: <SNT123-W15BB8A406D2D994F5D08F5CF000 at phx.gbl>

>Jack Smith:I once tried to calculate its [the Whorl] dimensions from the hints Wolfe
>drops, and decided it had to be at least 200 miles long.

I'm not too good at such things but I think I've heard 300 mile estimates.
Our moon is 2160 miles in diameter. Moreover, Lune is still in the sky during
Severian's time on Urth so it doesn't seem like a good candidate for the Whorl
either way, to me.

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