(urth) House Absolute

[Tim Walters]

> surely in that time there would be enough geographical change for some
> changes in the mountain ranges.

Not really. And the hard part is turning dirt into rock.

> And, if you can't accept landfill,  there are cities under cities under
> cities within less 10k years of Earth's history.

None of them have fused into rock yet, or come anywhere near the height of
that cliff, or been worn away by erosion *after* turning into rock.

> Why can we accept some flights of literary
> fancy and not others?

If there were textual evidence for BOTNS being set a few chiliads in the
future, I would of course have to accept that the cliff got there somehow
(with some disappointment, since one of the best scenes in the book would
be basically ruined). But there is no such evidence, so I prefer the
obvious and aesthetically superior explanation.

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Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com