Actually, axial tilt is handled by flexion in the orbital track, but there was no way to introduce that in the book...
I am going to break one of my own rules and comment directly on the review. This discussion comes as close as any review I've ever seen to reflecting my own, private (post-facto) thematic analysis of the book. Since I firmly believe that the story belongs to the reader, even (or especially) if the reader is a reviewer, I have experienced no distress over this issue. It's just fun to see it.
Curiously (at least to my mind) the books were always unequivocably fantasy. But Tor, and the market in general, seems convinced they're SF. Both genres have standards of rigor, but they're somewhat different standards, and I was not attempting SFnal rigor.
Didn't anyone tell you? If it's got gears, it must be SF. *g*
Actually, I'm an equal-opportunity rationalist. When a high-fantasy protagonist starts questing through a lush forest that happens to be placed in the rain shadow of a huge mountain chain, I start twitching. Internally consistent world-building is not just for robots and aliens.
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I am going to break one of my own rules and comment directly on the review. This discussion comes as close as any review I've ever seen to reflecting my own, private (post-facto) thematic analysis of the book. Since I firmly believe that the story belongs to the reader, even (or especially) if the reader is a reviewer, I have experienced no distress over this issue. It's just fun to see it.
So, er, thank you.
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Aha! That eases my inner geologist somewhat.
So, er, thank you.
Glad to know I hit close to the mark.
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Live and learn...
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Actually, I'm an equal-opportunity rationalist. When a high-fantasy protagonist starts questing through a lush forest that happens to be placed in the rain shadow of a huge mountain chain, I start twitching. Internally consistent world-building is not just for robots and aliens.
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