Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan) Subject: Re: [ADMIN] How big _IS_ Generica? Message-ID: <1993Jul30.041315.11887@midway.uchicago.edu> References: <236rv8$dti@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 04:13:15 GMT > In a semi-related note. What kind of world is Nexus? >Flat/round/torus/hypercube? Have people mentioned how many >moons, and if they have names? I'll take whatever sort of >astronomical notes people have and forward them on to whoever >keeps the Atlas. Evidence: Magira and the surrounding area are inhe far north of the Known Lands. This area is described as being very cold. Rameshan, the Rezzian Desert, the Dark Continent and (presumably) the Antilles are to the south, and described as temperate or warm in climate. The description for Cathay puts it far to the west of the Known Lands, across the Great Blue. However, the description for the Silk Road suggests a land route across the continent eastward to Cathay (therefore Cathay is on the same landmass as Generica). These conditions tend to describe a spherical world, although other situations are possible. Perhaps a flat woworld in which for some reason things get colder as one approaches the "north pole" and east-west latitude lines consist of progressively larger conocentric circles around this "pole". I'm sure that if Nexus turns out to be a hypercube or some other perverse geometry that the keeper of the Atlas will chop everybody into tiny bits. You are warned, I'm sure... -- Dennis Brennan djb6@midway.uchicago.edu