[projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:09:22 -0500
Oh, Jon beat me to it! :-)
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On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> __________________________________________________________
>> > Od: "Simon Osborne"
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>> > 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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