Geography of the Whorl

David Stockhoff · 22 Apr 2011, 19:01 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:01:58 -0400
Subject: (urth) Geography of the Whorl
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True.

On 4/22/2011 2:45 PM, James Wynn wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that Viron's culture is South American--presumably 
> that of the Commonwealth. The "ball game" is based on the Nahuatl 
> game. It's an analogous Catholic culture.
>
> Still, that doesn't mean that Viron couldn't be based on Jerusalem of 
> course.
>
>
> On 4/21/2011 6:15 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>> Very roughly, yes. Not that it would mean much anyway. But Silk seems 
>> to be the closest thing to an overtly Christian character anywhere in 
>> Wolfe. His world seems more than vaguely Mediterranean in climate and 
>> culture as well. If the Commonwealth is patterned in part after South 
>> America, then surely the Whorl could have had another model that we 
>> can identify.
>>
>> I could be wrong about the shape of the lake anyway. But I recall the 
>> town is at one end of it.
>>
>> On 4/21/2011 12:42 PM, Lane Haygood wrote:
>>> Judea?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 21, 2011, at 11:28 AM, James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps if this were Orson Scott Card, I would think you were on to 
>>>> something.
>>>> J.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/20/2011 6:07 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
>>>>> Viron has a desert to the south, cities to the north, and a long 
>>>>> lake nearby. Which may or may not be a salt lake, depending on 
>>>>> whether Typhon wanted to send any Urth saltwater species along (it 
>>>>> seems to be large for the Whorl, although Wolfe doesn't say 
>>>>> whether there are other lakes like it). Is anyone else reminded of 
>>>>> a certain place on Earth?
>>>>>
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