> > 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? <skip> >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 On a mixed military note, consider the kinetic energy accumilated from boulders shot over the side to the ground, even if gunpowder isn't around... but as has been noted before, magic changes everything. Darned if I know how Brust can write up battles, when for any military action, any fact of science, he can think up some simple spell that will negate it. I used to game with a bunch of guys and our favorite expression was "FM". Meaning, "How was that possible?" "Fuckin' magic." Dave _________________________________________________________________ Choose now from 4 levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - no more account overload! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/