(urth) Dome, Dome on the Range

Mo Holkar lists at ukg.co.uk
Thu Jan 13 02:39:31 PST 2011


At 17:45 12/01/2011, Marc wrote:
>You know what?  Its ambiguous I'm sorry, not definitive at all.
>
>p 340, chapter XLVIII
>
>"I woke and found I was hot and flushed, and that Lune was concealed 
>behind clouds from which fell a gentle rain."
>
>Sorry, now that I look at it again it seems like lune is entirely 
>concealed by rain falling on him on Urth, when I first read it I 
>thought the surface of Lune was covered in gentle rain clouds.
>
>This amiguity is disconcerting at times.  Sorry again.


Although he could see if Lune was clouded or not, surely he couldn't 
possibly see if it was actually raining there at the time?

So imo this unambiguously means that the clouds and rain were locally on Urth.

best,

Mo


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