Gloranthan Ephemeris

From: Philip Hibbs <101621.1264_at_CompuServe.COM>
Date: 19 Jan 97 10:46:14 EST

Having looked at the program, I am very impressed, it is a nice thing to have. However, it is perhaps for the best that it does have its problems, as the up-front admission of these inconsistencies and omissions totally nips in the bud any use of the program by anyone with a theory to tout, or an axe to grind about someone else's theory. The result: It's still in the imagination, which is the proper place for it.

This may well be part of the reason that GS didn't actually use the program - I agree with Bill Watterson that seeing "Calvin & Hobbes" animated by a cartoon studio with actors' voices would destroy the images of them in my own imagination.

As it is, it gives an image of what the Gloranthan night sky *might* look like in *general* terms, and I wouldn't want more than that. Bigger, smoother, with VR headset support ... Yes, that would be nice, but more accurate? No thanks.

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