JDG wrote:
>
>Also included in the introduction is a map - one of my favorite features of
>every book. Curiously, the map seems to have substantial areas of "Terra
>Incognita" The far edges of each continent is not shown, nor is the
>Southern Hemisphere.
>
Also, the map lacks a scale :-/
>We actually get hit with a lot of information in a short time here. We
>find out that clones are born in the winter, and do not have a father
>(which I guess is obvious.) Vars are born in the summer, and are rarer
>than clones.
>
It's not clear that clones are _born_ in Winter and vars are _born_ in
Summer - it might be just the conception date, as we have - yet - no
way to estimate the duration of each season wrt the pregnancy time
of the creatures of the book.
>
>NOTES:
>-Artemesia Bay is likely named after the Greek goddess Artemis, who I
>believe famously swore off relations with men.
>-Pallas Islands are likely named for the Greek goddess Pallas Athena, Greek
>goddess of wisdom.
>
And a virgin and a warrior, too.
>-Maia is "twenty-six months before her second birthday." This suggests
>that a year on this planet is at least 26+ Earth months.
>
Amateur :-P
It suggests that this planet's year is at least 52 _this planet's_ months.
It also means that children from 1.5 to 2.0 this planet's years old are
able to talk and reason logically, and to be cruel to those that are
different. So, this planet's year is longer, but not _much_ longer,
than Earth's year, otherwise Maia would have been mocked
before.
>-The name of the sun is "Wengel." Anyone know if this correlates to a
>known star?
>
Nope, Wengel is just one star.
Alberto Monteiro
