From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy@siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) Godling size
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:19:39 

Ratty Rote:

>         The gravity on the whorl is caused by centrifugal force. It is 
> possible that the higher up you go, the less gravity there is? And how
> high up do you have to go? Is it possible that the large godling can
> exist because of this? I doubt if this is good enough, but maybe one of
> your more scientific types can address this.

Given (1) the size of the _Whorl_, and (2) the fact that people don't
seem to moonwalk on the airship, I'd say this won't work. OTOH, the
godlings (at least, the one we see) isn't even as big as, say, an
apatosaur of the larger varieties, so I don't see any inherent problem
with them. The impression I get about the seadwellers in NEW is that
they are more like the size of young mountains.

--Dan'l


*This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.
*More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.moonmilk.com/whorl/
*To leave the list, send "unsubscribe" to whorl-request@lists.best.com
*If it's Wolfe but not Long Sun, please use the URTH list: urth@lists.best.com