Re: Fictional History

In article <apd7e2xwa6c2.1shr950lotkii.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 05 May 2006 19:06:48 GMT, Michelle Bottorff
<mbottorff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1hev9ko.pxsx6e1pzes5kN%mbottorff@xxxxxxxxxxx> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

Here's a question...

David's books seem to happen on our world, but with an
invented geography. What if other features of the world
have also been changed? Does having more than one moon
make a difference in how such a book is perceieved?

I don't think that I'd see _Harald_ any differently if it
had an extra moon. An extra moon in _The Lions of
Al-Rassan_, on the other hand, would be just plain wrong.

If I had an extra moon, wouldn't you also expect to see occasional alien
species and the like?

--
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
Published by Baen, in bookstores now
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