(An inaccurate cover illustration, unless the dwarf gets a donkey later in the novel. (I post as I reread and can't remember everything.))
A giant cannot just be a very big man with normal human bodily proportions:
"...the creature was humanoid, though grotesquely squat and short-legged in proportion to height. Well, [Holger's] thought flashed, even if the law of proportion doesn't work quite the same here as at home, he needs enough cross section to bear his weight." (pp. 73-74)
More scientific rationalization.
See:
Rules, Riddles And Radioactivity
If all the fantasy ideas are scientifically rationalized, then the narrative becomes sf. But there are some genuinely supernatural agencies in the Carolingian. Holger thinks so. He converts to Catholicism. Does the force that unites the multiverse have a personal aspect in some universes but an impersonal one in others?
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Yeah, if you're heavy you need short thick legs.
Kaor, Paul and Mr. Stirling!
Paul: Assuming the existence of alternate universes, I believe God created all of them.
Mr. Stirling: That was a nice engineering touch by Holger, trained in our world as an engineer.
Ad astra! Sean
If I'd gone through what Holger did, I'd convert to Catholicism too.
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