Re: Concosmic Conlocation (was; Re; Back!)

Adam Parrish wrote:
>
>        I've considered a similar option with my conworld: it is indeed
>Earth, but with a drastically different geological history resulting in
>different landforms, etc.  But then I thought that a drastically
>different geological history would probably result in a drastically
>different biological history, which I didn't want.  Oh well, the quest
>continues. :)
Adam, if you read my last post, then you'd know that if you had=20
stayed on the same track, then you would have approached a setting=20
similar to the Boreanesian model. You could change the geological=20
history, but not drastically!! That's essentially the Boreanesian=20
setting - a piece of Gondwanaland in the Far East.

AFAIRecall, And Rosta's setting (??Livagia??) also involves a slight=20
alteration of Earth's geological history. His is a group of islands=20
that used to be sandwiched between North America and Europe before=20
the separation of the two continents. When North America and Europe=20
separated, these islands were left in the middle of the North=20
Atlantic. This is similar to how Greenland formed, but a better=20
parallel would probably be the Seychelles.

And Rosta solved the biological question by assuming that all endemic=20
wildlife was wiped out thousands of years ago with the devastating=20
effects of human settlement. A similar story has occurred in=20
Boreanesia with the devastating effects brought on by the=20
Austronesians' introduction of agriculture to the islands. So the=20
question of biological history is not a problem since it is a=20
miniscule change.

-kristian- 8)