Losing Imitation

Lee Berman · 30 Dec 2010, 16:06 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:06:51 -0500
Subject: (urth) Losing Imitation
Message-ID: <SNT123-W31CC25E79A460934804419CF030 at phx.gbl>

>Ryan Dunn: Is it possible that the passage in CotA about the "divine year" opens up a window 
>to the idea that all of these are the same planet in different universe cycles? Could this be a 
>product of recycling reestablished world building without reinventing it each time?
>I have not read Long Sun so my question is more prodding than anything, but thought I would ask.

I think it is worth asking. Tzadkiel's Ship seems to travel the length of the universe to get to
its end and on to the higher one. I think most would agree the Whorl doesn't do this.

My best conception of the Bang/Gnab universes is as an ascending coil or spiral (shape supported by
Apheta's cave). This shape would actually allow a portal from one universe to the one just above or
below to facilitate transport even more quickly and easily than driving the length of your own
universe/coil. If you had the right mechanism.

(I think it is possible that just the city or even portions of the city are extending across planets;
perhaps also across universes?)

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