If the moons' sizes are exaggerated for effect, that makes things much more workable. I have been wondering if Fifth Moon has a captured rotation, since it only seems to be shown with that crater visible, which implies that it always presents the same hemisphere toward the planet.
(I've read Catherine Asaro's books. I tend to skim the more military sections, but I love the bizarre physics and mathematical theories she uses to justify telepathy and whatnot.)
The problem with the desert planet issue is that Nightow doesn't show how the ecology functions. I can think of three native animals offhand -- sandworms, thomases (weird mix of mule, elephant, and camel), and toma (cross between chicken and vulture). There don't seem to be any native plants, though, and no surface water. So how do the animals survive? And if they can find water, why aren't there towns built near those sources, or giant pipelines carrying water to the cities? Clearly, there's a lot that Nightow isn't showing.
I think that Meryl says it's the government that rescinded Vash's bounty.
Anyway, once I realized there were two suns, I kept wanting him to do interesting things with double shadows and so on in the artwork, but he didn't make use of that. Also, I started wondering if the planet has a strong magnetic field, since when Meryl and Millie get lost in the first chapter, Meryl tries to establish directions from the suns' positions, not by using a compass. (This could be because she's not used to traveling and didn't think to bring one, but it's fun to speculate about things.)
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Date: 2006-01-29 11:33 pm (UTC)(I've read Catherine Asaro's books. I tend to skim the more military sections, but I love the bizarre physics and mathematical theories she uses to justify telepathy and whatnot.)
The problem with the desert planet issue is that Nightow doesn't show how the ecology functions. I can think of three native animals offhand -- sandworms, thomases (weird mix of mule, elephant, and camel), and toma (cross between chicken and vulture). There don't seem to be any native plants, though, and no surface water. So how do the animals survive? And if they can find water, why aren't there towns built near those sources, or giant pipelines carrying water to the cities? Clearly, there's a lot that Nightow isn't showing.
I think that Meryl says it's the government that rescinded Vash's bounty.
Anyway, once I realized there were two suns, I kept wanting him to do interesting things with double shadows and so on in the artwork, but he didn't make use of that. Also, I started wondering if the planet has a strong magnetic field, since when Meryl and Millie get lost in the first chapter, Meryl tries to establish directions from the suns' positions, not by using a compass. (This could be because she's not used to traveling and didn't think to bring one, but it's fun to speculate about things.)