Comments on: BY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER — snippet 61

By: Aaron Van Dessel

Aaron Van Dessel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:57:22 +0000

I’m going along with the conspiracy parts here. If I remember correctly, Shan-wei suggested the building site for Tellesberg, and this “monastery stands upon the site of the oldest church in Tellesberg. It dates back literally to within a very few years of the Creation. Indeed, there are some indications that the original church was built on the Day of Creation itself.” suggestive maybe?

By: MarkR

MarkR — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:36:54 +0000

Directly by wind or water. One wonders what the exact wording was and whether it left any leeway for building your factories directly next to hydroelectric sources and wind farms. But by the time they get that far I’m sure the proscriptions will be being openly defied.

True history of man? That includes a lot more than I was imagining and I hope Weber has those who set that in motion including that plans have been made for the future (while leaving out any specifics for security) because if I knew there were overwhelming evidence out there in space and the Church had been deliberately been set up to prevent preparations, I might be given to despair.

By: John

John — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:29:36 +0000

I have a feeling that the next snippet should be quite interesting.

By: E

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:34:46 +0000

The Proscriptions of Jwo Jeng state that only what is powered directly by wind, muscle, and water are approved by God.

As to the building estimate,I concur with the statement that a wedge shaped building would fit the bill. Also, a certain thickness is to be expected of walls built in the European fashion as I imagine (and the cover art indicates) the world to have its architecture based on. In an equatorial climate zone, the walls would not need thickness and could be thinned to allow more airspace for cooling purposes in the daytime.

Additionally, the use of moss and water common to Japanese rock gardens seems evident in the courtyard, a possible indicator of external culture to that of the church. I am starting to think that Tellesberg is a site where Alexandria might have sent operatives in disguise to maintain the true history of man, and the monastic order which inhabits the site is an offshoot of that.

By: george phillies

george phillies — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:49:34 +0000

Narrow but deep. A wedge. The next street over goes away for a block. Of course straight perpendicular streets suggest cartesian coordinates and are therefore proscribed. By the way are there any ideas about the details of the Proscriptions?

By: MarkR

MarkR — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:35:48 +0000

Probably just the normal assumptions on makes about some buildings before entering.

As for the end of this snippet, I have a feeling that this monastery has been waiting for somebody like Nimue/Merlin to show, having been told by those who knew about the PICA that somebody with fantastic abilities would be showing up at roughly the time she/he showed up.

By: laclongquan

laclongquan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:22:18 +0000

Some sort of electro-magnetism forcefield? Or just general absentmindness (hard to imagine of Nimue I know. Still)?

By: Erik

Erik — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:13:52 +0000

The space inside the outer wall turned out to be larger than Merlin would have estimated

What is interfering with “his” ability to estimate the space?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:18:31 +0000

24 chapters in and yet nothing has happened. I hope that it starts to become more interesting from here on out.