Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:50:33 -0500
From: James Jordan 
Subject: Re: (urth) Blues vs Greens

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>On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Andrew Bollen wrote:
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> > Blue and Green whorls had me thinking of Blue & Green factions in the
> > Roman & Byzantine worlds.

Given Wolfe's research into Byzantium for the Severian Quintet, surely he 
knew all about this. Thus, you may well be onto something. OTOH, planet 
with vegetation and water on them will look either bluish or greenish from 
space, and one would think that is the primary source of the terminology.

Nutria


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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Andrew Bollen
wrote:


> Blue and Green whorls had me thinking of Blue & Green factions
in the

> Roman & Byzantine worlds.


Given Wolfe's research into Byzantium for the Severian Quintet, surely he
knew all about this. Thus, you may well be onto something. OTOH, planet
with vegetation and water on them will look either bluish or greenish
from space, and one would think that is the primary source of the
terminology.


Nutria



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