> Over the years that Ebisédian made its infamous reputation, I've
> received a number of requests for more information about the
> Ferochromon, but I've never really taken it to heart to spend the time
> to write down a lot of the details that went into it. This week,
> however, I stumbled upon this Wikipedia entry:
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conworld
>
> which actually has a link to the Ferochromon page.
>
> BUT...
>
> I am rather disappointed at the tiny scale at which con-worlding is
> depicted in this article: restricted mainly to a mere continent or
> planet, or a modified clone of the Terran universe, such as Star Trek.
> Surely I cannot be the only one who has created not merely puny
> con-planets, but an entire universe with its own origins and physical
> laws! Am I the only one to have invented an entire cosmological
> history for a universe that isn't just a ripoff of the Terran
> universe? I mean, the section on top-down con-worlding barely begins
> to touch the kind of design that is far, far, beyond mere geographical
> features and climates; the kind of detail and long-range design one
> must consider in order for an entire universe to function!
>
> Provoked by the trifling picture of con-worlding as depicted, I
> decided to demonstrate what con-worlding means to me, by writing a
> cosmological (internal) history of the Ferochromon that traces its
> development all the way from time zero, the Ferochromon equivalent of
> the Big Bang, to its full-fledged modern state of three Realms (three
> entire universes, by comparison with the Terran universe!) complete
> with realm-wide matter flows and countless landmasses, PLUS the three
> Ethers and the Hyperether, which constitute the core of the
> Ferochromon.
>
> For the sake of keeping it to a sane length, I decided to omit the
> history of the Ebisédi, which incidentally is already covered by
> another document, and stick only to the large-scale physical structure
> of the Ferochromon. Anyway, you may read it here:
>
>
http://conlang.eusebeia.dyndns.org/ferochromon/cosmohist.html
>
>
>
> OK, now that I've finished my sales pitch, I'd like to apologize for
> stepping on the toes of whoever wrote that article, who I suspect is a
> list member, and also for the arrogant grandiosomanic tone I adopted.
>
> :-) The Wikipedia article is really quite commendable; I overreacted
>
> because it links to the Ferochromon pages YET fails to even mention,
> for example, that con-worlding could very well involve the creation of
> a Grand Unified Theory of Everything that, in the case of the
> Ferochromon, explains the entire physical structure of the universe
> from a single entity called the Ferochromon Element... OK, OK, I'll
> step down from the soap box now. :-) You can read all about the gory
> details of the Ferochromon that you (n)ever wanted to know at the
> above link.
>
> P.S. On an off-topic note, I'd just like to say that *this* is why
> I've never even dared attempt to put equations to Ferochromon
> physics... the design is so large and complex that I don't even know
> where to begin. How does one go about writing equations for motion
> through liquid space, for example? Or equations for entities that are
> of indeterminate shape and extent? Or the kind of space that would be
> formed when every point in it can potentially exhibit a different
> number of dimensions? I gave up before I started. But nevertheless,
> *I* think the qualitive description of the Ferochromon sure is
> compelling! ;-) ;-) ;-)
>
> P.S.S. And further apologies for posting this on CONLANG when it
> really belongs in CONCULTURE or elsewhere. I just don't have the
> energy to deal with another high-traffic forum, so I've decided to
> stick with CONLANG and forget the rest.
>
>
> T
>
> --
> Gone Chopin. Bach in a minuet.