On Feb 16, 2004, at 8:01 AM, Bryan Newell wrote: >> Does the fact that Castle Black is a floating castle cause any >> concern? >> Floating things >> aren't always (perhaps aren't normally) stationary things. And even if >> magically >> stationary (as magically floating) what is the assurance that it has >> been station-keeping >> in the same place throughout the several eras of the tales? > > Yes, that is a big concern... I'm not ready to give text examples yet, > but > the distance from Dzur Mountain to Castle Black was "40 or 45 miles" > per > Paarfi at the end of the Interregnum, and "some 50 miles" per Vlad 240 > years > later, so it _appears_ that, if it moves, it tends to return to the > same > spot. > > Furthermore, a conversation towards the end of "Lord of Castle Black" > (again, no text yet, this is from memory) about moving the (newly) > floating > Castle Black to Dzur Mountain, and how long it would take (100s if not > 1000s > of years) to move those 40 or 45 miles makes me think it doesn't move > much, > if at all. > > I think the Floating Castles are more Levitating Castles than Flying > Castles. > > On a mostly-unrelated tangent, where are the flying ships? Think > about it: > Flying Ship vs Floating Castle, that's gotta have a high CQ (Cool > Quotient)... > > Bryan You might think that, but I think that the responsible parties, to wit, the Orca, would see it more like a fish out of water...