(urth) Black hole timing, "punishment" etc

[Adam Thornton]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Dave Tallman wrote:

> If the sun's output was variable within the old man's lifetime, it  
> might also have been in Severian's. Then Sev might not find it  
> remarkable to see a bright day at times. Most of the days he spent  
> as Conciliator were cloudy, anyway.

Note that a wildly variable sun is a feature of Jack Vance's _Dying  
Earth_, and that there's a lot to be said for the theory that _New  
Sun_ is _Dying Earth_ rewritten by a better writer.

Adam