[projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:09:05 -0500
The thing about the tinderbox is that it was always paired with the
torch, and not the lantern. The thing about the lantern, I felt, was
that it used less space in your backpack by virtue of the fact that
you didn't need the tinderbox, so, by being somewhat more "advanced"
than the torch, I thought Dever gave it the benefit of only needing
one backpack space.
It seems clear to me that Dever only wanted the tinderbox to be for
the torch, and thus phased them both out at the same time. So the
question is, how advanced is the lantern? Being a robust structure,
perhaps it has room in its frame for a couple of flints, or even has a
mechanism where if you turn a flint wheel it strikes the steel or
something like that.
Sam
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:02 PM, <ch.honza@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> __________________________________________________________
> > Od: "Simon Osborne"
> > Komu: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Datum: 30.04.2010 15:07
> > Předmět: [projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
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> Hmm. Well, after talking to someone with more experience of oil lamps and
> other privations (hi,
> dad!), it seems that oil-burning Lanterns would still need some kind of
> flame to light the wick. Are
> there any instances in Books 7-12 where you are given the opportunity to use
> a Lantern? Should we
> add that you will need a Tinderbox to light the Lantern?
>
>
> Lantern may be used in book 7 sect. 16, 107, 258 and 348, book 8 sect.194,
> book 9 sect. 94, 171, 197, 282, 313 and 349, book 10 sect. 256,
> book 11 sect. 126 and 260. There is no use of lantern in book 12.
>
> The problem is, Tinderbox could be found only in book 1 (then lost in book 2,
> after sea crash), then in book 4 (Maaken mines), in book 5 (before
> baga-darooz), in book 6 (starting equipment) and in book 9 (before entering
> Cauldron). And is lost after book 7...
>
> Jan
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