Occasionally I see a comment or speculation about Athas not being an Earth-like planet. Comments range from Athas being a Mars-size planet to a flat disk. Both of which I disagree with. I subscribe to an Earth-size Athas for all the reasons it makes sense from a physics standpoint. I do not subscribe to a flat Athas for all the same reasons I do not subscribe to a flat Earth. Those who do believe in a flat Athas are sometimes referred to as (Flat-Athers, Flat-Ath, etc.) However, it should be noted that Athas does have a history of belief in a flat-Athas. Read about it in Dragon Kings page 5 under the story Uncle Tontor: A Wyrm's Tale. This story and the whole flat Earth idea inspired me to create the following graphics:
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