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* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has Avalon, a paradise of a planet thanks to liberal application of Life Magic, and the new capital of the Earth Federation after Earth itself is destroyed. |
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has Avalon, a paradise of a planet thanks to liberal application of Life Magic, and the new capital of the Earth Federation after Earth itself is destroyed. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
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* A [[Planet Terra|certain planet]] known to [[Most Writers Are Human]] is named ''dirt''. Perhaps that is why it's inhabitants are [[Humans Are Ugly|so ugly.]] |
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== Mythologically Named Planets == |
== Mythologically Named Planets == |
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* The ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series is full of Mnemosyne names like Manticore, Sphinx, Medusa, Hades (nicknamed Hell, see symbolic names), and Gryphon. |
* The ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series is full of Mnemosyne names like Manticore, Sphinx, Medusa, Hades (nicknamed Hell, see symbolic names), and Gryphon. |
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* Joan D. Vinge's ''The Snow Queen'' - Tiamat |
* Joan D. Vinge's ''The Snow Queen'' - Tiamat |
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* [[Gordon R. Dickson]]'s [[Childe Cycle]] - Mara, named after the Buddhist equivalent of Satan. In-universe, the name was a holdover from when the Exotics were the Chantry Guild, specifically occultists. Possibly Zombri, which is close enough to "Zombie". |
* [[Gordon R. Dickson]]'s [[Childe Cycle]] - Mara, named after the Buddhist equivalent of Satan. In-universe, the name was a holdover from when the Exotics were the Chantry Guild, specifically occultists. Possibly Zombri, which is close enough to "Zombie".e |
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* [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' - Camazotz, Uriel |
* [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' - Camazotz, Uriel |
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* [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''Fire Time'' - Ishtar |
* [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''Fire Time'' - Ishtar |