On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 06:19:01PM -0600, Bryan Newell wrote: > > So, is it a cylindrical, conic, or Mollweide > > projection? Just kidding :-) > > You kid, I have heart problems. :) > > I don't know if Brust actually thought out the world on a sphere or not. > I'm betting he pictured it in his head as a flat map, as that's how most > authors, in my experience, appear to visualize their worlds. Heck, that's > how I tend to visualize our own world, and I should know better. Can we have smaller versions of the map? minor, not very plot-related spoilers for _sethra lavode_ a b c d e f g h ij k l Near the end, Teldra introduces Morrolan to the facts behind the concept of time zones, and it is implied (a) that the world is a sphere and (b) that they don't actually know this, just that the Orca say weird things. Unless the world has some other weird shape, such as a cylinder or donut. Given that sorcerers know genetics and atomic theory (an earlier revelation of the book) this seems odd. -xx- Damien X-)