[LMB] [SPAM?] Re: (news& chat) TSK #3 update

[paal at gis.net]

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>  
> I rather doubt that the average reader will pick up any sordid sexual
> connotations from "green".  There are a lot of uses of "green world",
> (It reminds me of the song "God Lives on Terra" by Julia Ecklar), and
> gives a sense of a healthy environment (unless one used a different

There's always "The Green Hills of Earth" in one of Heinlein's stories
(God Lives on Terra is anything but one of my favorite songs... not
thrilled with the words, and I majorly dislike the tune... different
people, vastly differnt tastes!)

> adjective -- green can be sickly too) .  
>  
> I'd tend against "Wide Green World" because it feels a bit over
> general and overused-- not the phrase itself but its variants: wide
> world, green world, green earth, etc.  It does not seem specific
> enough or rich enough to describe the lovely textures and ideas in the
> SK world. my 2 cents.