Why a moat? The area of Ash around the Earth could have been called a Ring of Ash, The Ash Desert, the AAAFD Zone [Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down], or even the Petered Principle Parsecs.
Why the Moat of Ash? The pun factor. When the Vesarius met the Cuthmar, we graduated into the Civilization of the Galactics. And got de-moated at the same time. William Taylor --------------------- A pun by chance--or a conspiracy to commit? [Or should I be commited?] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
