Re: conlangs' worlds (was: Back!)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 21, 1999, 16:06 |
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On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 15:50:00 +0100 A Rosta <a.rosta@...> writes:
.....
>At the other extreme (of minimal CPness) one can recognize two
>distinct
>approaches. In one, the conlang is in a world with no *necessary*
>connection to this one, but it may happen to resemble this one.
>Examples
>are Middle Earth and the world of Valdya. In the other, the conlang is
>on a
>different planet but in This universe. Examples are, as Adam says,
>Herman
>Millerian, Nik Taylorian, Star Trek, Aluric, Gladilation, Rikchik.
.....
> --And.
The problem with Middle-Earth is that although it has no necessary
connection to our Earth, at the same time it *is* our Earth, but in a
semi-pre-historical mythic era. It blurs the lines between a true
fictional world, an alternate earth, and an alternate history. Which is
why i have so much trouble trying to decide if and how the Rokbeigalm
survive into the our-Earth-Present.
-Stephen (Steg)
"bas baveil hasheduda, ashrei sheyeshalem lakh es gemuleikh
shegamalt lanu - ashrei sheyohheiz venipeitz es olalayikh el hasala!"
"...and so we all resolved that next time...we would give...so that the
arc would be one step closer to falling."
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