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Gorean Book Quote Requests
Requests 1-173 were asked and answered back when there were only 25 books.
Also, some of the early questions were unintentionally truncated and cannot be restored. However, the answers are shown in their totality.
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| 204 | Geography: I'd like to know if it is stated, and where, whether the North and South poles of Gor are oriented the same as those of Earth, or are opposite. It matters in comparing the seasonality of Earth with Gor.
Answer
Greetings,
Using your frame of reference, I'll begin with the Earth being tilted on its axis by 23.5° relative to its plane of orbit.
It is said that the angle of Gor's axis is somewhat sharper than Earth's, but not enough to prevent Gor from having seasons.
It is also safe to say that Gor's tilt is also relative to its plane of orbit, just like Earth. Which leaves us with two polar regions and an equatorial belt, interspersed with northern and southern temperate zones.
Setting aside that anywhere away from the Sardar Mountains is "south", the polar region at the 'top' Gor is referred to as the frozen north. And the area at the "bottom" of Gor as its southern polar circle.
I wish you well,
Fogaban
In large outline Gor, as would be expected, was not a sphere, but a spheroid. It was somewhat heavier in its southern hemisphere and was shaped somewhat like the Earth like a rounded, inverted top. The angle of its axis was somewhat sharper than the Earth's, but not enough to prevent its having a glorious periodicity of seasons. Moreover, like the Earth, it had two polar regions and an equatorial belt, interspersed with northern and southern temperate zones.
Tarnsman of Gor Book 1 Page 43
Briefly, for those it might interest, all directions on the planet are calculated from the Sardar Mountains, which for the purposes of calculating direction play a role analogous to our north pole; the two main directions, so to speak, in the Gorean way of thinking are Ta-Sardar-Var and Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var, or as one would normally say, Var and Ki-Var; 'Var' means a turning and 'Ki' signifies negation; thus, rather literally, one might speak of 'turning to the Sardar' and 'not turning to the Sardar', something like either facing north or not facing north;
Nomads of Gor Book 4 Page 3 [footnote]
I indicated the frozen north, the polar sea, the ice of the lonely pole. "Is that not a world's end?" I asked.
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 109
The polar night is not absolutely dark, of course. The Gorean moons, and even the stars, provide some light, which light reflecting from the expanses of the snow and ice is more than adequate to make one's way about. Should cloud cover occur, of course, or there be a storm, this light is negated and one, remaining indoors, must content oneself with the sounds of wind in the darkness, and the occasional scratching of animals on the ice outside.
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 265
I looked up at the sky, at streaks and curtains of light, mostly yellowish green, hundreds of miles in height. This is an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by electrically charged particles from the sun bombarding the upper atmosphere. It was unusual for it to occur at this time of year. The autumnal and vernal equinox times are the most frequent times of occurrence. In different light conditions these curtains and streaks can appear violet or red or orange depending on their height. This silent storm of charged particles, flung from millions of miles across space, raining upon an atmosphere, was very beautiful. On Earth this type of phenomenon is sometimes referred to as the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis. It occurs also, of course, in the south, in the vicinity of the southern polar circle.
Beasts of Gor Book 12 Page 336
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