[UA] Euphemistic Names for Other Worlds

[John C]

>From: "Nick Wedig" <mrteapot at onebox.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>Subject: Re: [UA] Euphemistic Names for Other Worlds
>Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 18:37:07 -0700
>
> > >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.
>
>_Neverwhere_ sounds like excellent source material, as well (both the
>novel and the tv show, both written by Neil Gaiman).

Very true -- can't go wrong with Gaiman.

As you all probably guessed, by the way, that's supposed to be DARK Cities 
Underground.  Subway lines of mystical significance that somehow connect to 
the land of the dead...very good book.

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



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