Posted by Michael Andre-Driussi on July 15, 1999 at 13:43:20:
In Reply to: Re: Question on Emphyrio posted by gregg parmentier on July 15, 1999 at 08:36:09:
Following the Maastrict planet thread, Greg P. wrote:
: Given that cities all over the US were founded by folks from all over Europe through-out US history, there should be little surprise that any US author would use the names of even obscure European cities. A large number of immigrants named their newly founded US city after the city they left in Europe.
: There's also the fact that many an author keeps an atlas near at hand specifically to help out with the troubles of coming up with names for people, places, and things.
A good example for North Americans is the planet Sandusk of Fomalhaut. Those strange enigmatic alien ruins; that creepy religion.
In the State of Ohio, there is a city named "Sandusky."
Rumor has it that the streets of this city are laid out in the pattern of a Masonic Symbol, but I have not been able to confirm this detail (the online maps I've seen don't look anything like any sort of symbol, as far as I can tell--nor is there a trainstop in Sandusky, but that is a tangent which connects Vance's DEMON PRINCES with Crowley's LITTLE, BIG in a curious way).
Furthermore, and perhaps you've already seen this chestnut around, there is a street in San Francisco called "Starking." Named after a man. Who came from out of state.
=Michael=