From: julie@pascal.org   
      
   On Saturday, October 4, 2014 9:58:34 AM UTC-6, John W Kennedy wrote:   
   > On 2014-10-04 06:33:48 +0000, William Vetter said:   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > > On Friday, October 3, 2014 10:33:22 PM UTC-4, bre...@sff.net wrote:   
   >   
   > >   
   >   
   > >>   
   >   
   > >> Weather is also an important part of worldbuilding. What would Hoth be,   
   >   
   > >>   
   >   
   > >> if it were not an ice planet?   
   >   
   > >>   
   >   
   > > I don't quite remember if that book actually had a monolithic worldwide   
   >   
   > > climate.  I don't think that's really plausible for an Earthlike world.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Even Earth is believed to have once had such a climate by many   
   >   
   > geologists, and one just like Hoth's at that.   
   >   
      
   I think that all the proposed "slush-ball" Earths were before large animals   
   existed.   
      
   -Julie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)