From: Alex Ferguson (abf@interzone.ucc.ie)
Date: Wed 16 Jul 1997 - 21:07:32 EEST
Nick Brooke on Greg on the Sky:
> Greg is *very* hot on earthly celestial mechanics (especially
> from a mythic perspective), and is well aware that Gloranthan ones are
> different.
In at least partial support of this, I can testify that Greg talked
knowingly at Convulsion 3D about the precession of the equinoxes
(which Glorantha doesn't have -- I'm sure you were on the edge of
yours seats), and I've earlier corresponded with him about Great Years
(which it may or may not have, or have had). So he has a pretty good
idea about these things, though whether the Multitudes he Contains
necessarily are entirely reliable in how they talk to each other or
not is another matter...
> He does want the movements of Lightfore through the constellations to
> "spell out" nightly myths, and is probably upset that, "scientifically"
> speaking (i.e. using an Ephemeris), this doesn't happen very obviously.
Doesn't it? I thought this happened using your model in a way he was
pretty keen on. After all, Lightfore _does_ go through different
constellations on different nights, with Polaris being the only fixed
point.
Nick's Ephemeris Dome sounded pretty good to me, by and large, though
I've never actually seen the prog running live and in the flesh, sadly.
Aside from some handwaving about the Southpath, I don't know of anything
Actually Wrong with it. My suspicion, without knowing what goes on
in that brain of GS's, is that we've raeched the point of tinkering
with it for the sake of it, and/or trying to satisfy yet more mutually
exclusive objectives of Wouldn't It Be Neat If... I'd put summer/winter
stars into this category, myself, especially if the only solution is
going to be one hokily quite unlike the RW phenomena.
Having said that, I'd approve heartily if someone mercilessly pumped
him about all this at GC-V (just think what good value the Lore Auction
will be, with the Soft Great White North Dollar!). While finding out
what you actually wanted to know is admittedly entirely unlikely, I'll
bet you'll find out lots of other stuff in the process.
G'luck,
Alex.
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