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1701
This club is for people who create imaginary cities, countries, and worlds; constructed languages (conlangs); fictional cultures; dreamy philosophies; fantasy...
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Aug 1, 2008
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1702
The following geofiction poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: How crazy is the "Geofictional Hajj" idea, of 4 to 11 "pilgrimage...
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Aug 2, 2008
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... Read these links. I was off, but not about the current situation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_City_%28DC_Comics%29 ...
habarakhe4
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Aug 3, 2008
9:22 pm
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Okay, so I was thinking about all the information I have about the Fortunate Islands Universe (FIU) and the Ennead/Semiramis Future History (I need a better...
habarakhe4
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Aug 3, 2008
9:26 pm
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You can get free wikis from several sites. Here are a couple of them: http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://www.wikidot.com/ Good luck! Stan "There are four boxes to...
cherryfinals
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Aug 3, 2008
11:28 pm
1706
Thanks. Even I can't keep straight all the info I've secondarily created! ... about the...
habarakhe4
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Aug 4, 2008
12:44 am
1707
Hi habarakhe4, A wiki could work. But be aware that the wiki must recognize symbols like §, D, E, ø, ý, G and æ. Otherwise you could get some problems...
Arjan van den Bosch
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Aug 4, 2008
6:08 am
1708
http://pbwiki.com I haven't actually used PBWiki ("Peanut Butter Wiki", since creating a personal wiki on it is supposedly as simple as making a peanut butter ...
Ben Karnell
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Aug 4, 2008
3:38 pm
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... < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_City_%28DC_Comics%29 > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_City >...
tomhchappell
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Aug 4, 2008
3:41 pm
1710
Thanks, Arjan. I have a standard (rather vanilla) Roman script for the Ennead/Semiramis universe. The FIU is trickier, but I suppose I could blame the...
habarakhe4
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Aug 5, 2008
1:34 am
1711
Another one I had been trying to think of: Yoknapatawpha County (sp?), where Faulkner set so many of his stories. I think that his ability to place so many of...
Ben Karnell
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Aug 6, 2008
2:56 pm
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... If I read and remember their intro right, even after they'd eliminated the ones they said they wouldn't include (heavens, hells, places you couldn't get to...
tomhchappell
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Aug 6, 2008
4:55 pm
1713
... I've started a wiki at http://enneadallianceruniverse.wetpaint.com The most detailed entries are the Nagas and the Clone Culture. Which entries should I...
habarakhe4
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Aug 10, 2008
5:21 am
1714
Manguel & Guadalupi's dictionary (which I fortunately have a copy) focuses on places of literature only. That's why you couldn't find comics cities. It has...
Pedro Aguiar
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Aug 11, 2008
10:46 pm
1715
... OK, ... but ... ... ? What, if a story has illustrations with it it doesn't count as "literature"? ... That's good (of course). Do you know if Tlon, Uqbar,...
tomhchappell
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Aug 11, 2008
10:54 pm
1716
... I think they were avoiding Metropolis and Gotham because you could find sources elsewhere. ... You can't put Tlon, Uqbar, or Orbis Tertius in a dictionary...
habarakhe4
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Aug 12, 2008
5:08 am
1717
Okay, anybody who wants to see and comment on the Ennead/Alliancer Universe Wiki should send a message labeled Re: Ennead Wiki to mamercus88@......
habarakhe4
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Aug 12, 2008
5:10 am
1718
@Twtweak213, @Krikiit261, @Jobriath2, Can you tell us more about your flags? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @Jonrelay, @Krikkit261, ...
tomhchappell
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Aug 15, 2008
3:35 pm
1719
... I didn't mean to leave out @Imaglang....
tomhchappell
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Aug 15, 2008
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1720
Has anyone else here read Ursula K. LeGuin's story-collection "Changing Planes"? It has several imaginary places in it....
tomhchappell
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Aug 18, 2008
2:20 pm
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... I have! (Big surprise there) Imaginary planes rather than countries or planets, which allows her more flexibility to tell parables (even the League of...
habarakhe4
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Aug 19, 2008
11:39 pm
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... You mean "The Language of the Nna-Mmoy". ... The one thing I disliked most was making the bad guys "systems programmers" in the story about the migratory...
tomhchappell
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Aug 21, 2008
4:57 pm
1723
... "The Seasons of the Ansarac" ... But she's always been like that (a reaction to Clarke-ish science fiction). The Word for World is Forest? I will admit The...
habarakhe4
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Aug 22, 2008
3:29 am
1724
Okay, mynorcoestates, why have you joined geofiction? Tell us a little about yourself....
habarakhe4
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Aug 22, 2008
3:32 am
1725
Between 1995 and 1997 I made a hand drawn map from a fictional city named Daros. It started with a A3 sized sheet, but after a lot of hard work it's size was...
Arjan van den Bosch
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Aug 22, 2008
11:53 am
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... I hope I'm wrong, but this: < http://clusty.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v% 3Asources=webplus&query=norco+estates+ > makes me think mynorcoestates...
tomhchappell
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Aug 22, 2008
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1727
... That's right. "Bayderac", the Beidr, of the Unon plane. She says "... engineers, computer programmers, and systems analysts". They told the Ansarac to...
tomhchappell
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Aug 22, 2008
6:26 pm
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... < http://geolution.nl/arjan/Daros.htm > ... Oh, wow, Arjan! It does _not_ _look_ fictional!...
tomhchappell
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Aug 23, 2008
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Twisterphotos just left; before that, that Nirmalla person joined and then left. Where are they going? Are they going to one of those "imaginary places" in...
tomhchappell
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Aug 28, 2008
2:05 pm
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Do any of the members who've joined us since mid-December last year have any suggestions? mynorcoestates Aug 20, 2008 cherryfinals Jun 29, 2008 al_fishes...
tomhchappell
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Aug 28, 2008
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