[UA] Euphemistic Names for Other Worlds

John C john1x at hotmail.com
Mon Apr 8 12:28:31 PDT 2002


>I'm working on that surveying-the-chicago-subways
>campaign idea passed around last month for an upcoming
>session or two with my UA group.
>
>I want to draw a few (obvious) parallels betwen
>magical underworlds and the subway system, but also to
>have a few parallels about upperworlds (like the one
>Jack the Giant Killer climbs the beanstalk to reach in
>kiddie stories.)

I take it that you've read Lisa Goldstien's _Cark Cities Underground_, then? 
  If not, do -- directly relates to what you appear to have in mind.

For some names....

Cloud Cuckoo Land
The Shining Ones
Ultima Thule
The Kindly Ones
The Gate of Ivory and the Gate of Horn
Arcadia
The Dark Tower

John Crimmins
john1x at hotmail.com
http://www.voicenet.com/~johncrim


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