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** Hamilton puts more thought into this than most. In his world, colonization of most planets is limited to a particular ethnicity ([[Unfortunate Implications|in order to prevent rioting and culture clashes]]), and so the naming tends to be based on the ethnicity of the colonists. He also flits between more than one standard. Thus, the planet of Nashville is American-ethnic, Norfolk is English-ethnic, and Kulu is...unclear. |
** Hamilton puts more thought into this than most. In his world, colonization of most planets is limited to a particular ethnicity ([[Unfortunate Implications|in order to prevent rioting and culture clashes]]), and so the naming tends to be based on the ethnicity of the colonists. He also flits between more than one standard. Thus, the planet of Nashville is American-ethnic, Norfolk is English-ethnic, and Kulu is...unclear. |
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* The novella "With The Bentfin Boomer Boys On Little Old New Alabama" by Richard A. Lupoff, featured the (white) space warriors of New Alabama against the (black) settlers of New Haiti. |
* The novella "With The Bentfin Boomer Boys On Little Old New Alabama" by Richard A. Lupoff, featured the (white) space warriors of New Alabama against the (black) settlers of New Haiti. |
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* Brian Aldiss's ''[[Non-Stop]]'' has New Earth, the planet that the [[Generation Ship]] in the novel was sent to colonize. |
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