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Old 05-29-2016, 06:10 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
No, several will be confirmed by later books. But it's possible to guess that that's the situation from the first book, read as SF.
Yes, I have book 2 on my TBR, but some elements are strongly suggested by the text of book 1. Sorry, I was too lazy to quote:

“It must be a different type of goat.” With dust from their scrambling rising around her, Rowan’s mind filled with speculations and calculations. “That might explain a great deal. It might even be one of the reasons the Outskirts keep moving.”

"The Guidestars hovered forever in the sky. They did not fall, but neither did they move. They hung immobile on the celestial equator and seemed to shift only as the traveler below changed position on the world’s surface.
They were neither far suns, nor immeasurably distant. Their height was easily calculable from their apparent displacement when viewed from different locations on the world. Though they were very high indeed, if they had been suns the world would have been aflame from the heat of their proximity."
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