[UA] Euphemistic Names for Other Worlds

[cd skogsberg]

Nick Wedig wrote:

> > >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).

And also, in some ways, the movie Mimic (which was a pretty strange
film; ignore the bogus science, and look at the scenes in the subway
tunnels).

/cd
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