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Robert Carnegie  
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 More options Oct 7 2012, 5:26 pm
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From: Robert Carnegie <rja.carne...@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 14:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Oct 7 2012 5:26 pm
Subject: Re: What do you call a series that relies on novelty locales?
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On Sunday, October 7, 2012 9:50:54 PM UTC+1, Kurt Busiek wrote:
> On 2012-10-07 20:42:14 +0000, Juho Julkunen <giaot...@hotmail.com> said:
> > [Exotic locales that are "characters"]

> > Lem's _Solaris_, maybe.

> > Marvel comics has a couple of standouts like Krakoa, the island that
> > walks like a man, and Ego the Living Planet.

> Braggadoom, the Mountain That Walked Like A Man, Spragg the Living Hill
> -- but those might have been hyperbole. Krakoa and Ego were legitimate
> locales.

And various spaceships with minds - particularly if something's gone
wrong and they're stationary.  Or just big enough.  X-Factor had "Ship",
I guess; the Micronauts had several incarnations of "Bioship", basically
a /licensed/ character?...

We could have a contest to name the most times it happened in Star Trek...
but probably we won't?

It just came to mind when I wanted to describe Jack Hawksmoor's
relationship to cities and came up with "Captain Kirk".


 
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