Coming in late to the discussion. On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 10:43:08AM -0700, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > 3. In /Issola/ Our heroes go to another world which is noticeably heavier, > yet has a (somewhat) breathable atmosphere. If this world is, say at the > 1.2g level, it'd be a very noticeable difference to a Dragaeran, without > being so far from Earth-normal to make a breathable atmosphere unlikely. I don't of Issola in front of me, but my impression was not that it was heavier, but that the air was less dense, and thus had less oxygen. This explains: 1) Vlad had to control his breathing by breathing shallow, not deep. If it were heavier, it would be more exertion, and deep breathing would be more likely. 2) Loiosh had a harder time flying. Less generated lift due to less dense atmosphere. I'll re-read and see if there are textevs that show that heavier is more likely than "higher altitude". -Jot -- Jot Powers http://www.superpowers.us <books at bofh.com> "Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night." - Dave Barry