light chiliad, my coin
The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 10 Aug 2000
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Michael Andre-Driussi — 10 Aug 2000, 13:39

> Nutria wrote:
> Fun discussion. Hmmm. The conversations in IGJ hint that at least 1000
> years have passed since the asteroid left Urth system. Is "light chiliad"
> from somewhere in the narratives, or just your phrase? My guess would be
> that a millennium is the least time it could be; perhaps quite a bit longer.

The term "light chiliad" is my own invention.

=mantis=



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