Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> schreef in bericht 
> news:4c1f8f9c$1@news.povray.org...
>> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> I should look this up of course, but I seem to remember indeed that the 
>>> Rim Wall was carved into mountain shapes. In the later books, spill 
>>> mountains were added too for the necessary feeding of rivers.
>> Indeed. ALtho one must wonder why.
> 
> For a simple, geological reason: All the dirt transported by the rivers and 

I meant that one must wonder why the builders would carve the walls into 
hollow mountain shapes. (I.e., your first sentence, rather than the second.)

> Spill mountains did not appear in the first book but were a later addition 
> because Larry Niven realized the problem. In the same way, I think that the 
> description of the Rim Walls evolves from the first book till the later 
> ones.

Yes. Plus, I don't think they came anywhere near the walls in the first 
book. :-) Well, not from the inside, at least.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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