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Old 01-07-2020, 01:05 PM   #243
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Default Re: Flat Black

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Originally Posted by tshiggins View Post
Me, neither. I mean, using the word "black" to refer to space has been pretty commonly acceptable amongst sci-fi fandom for, oh, the past 17 years, or so. :)
I first named this setting "FLAT BLACK" in 1987.

As for "the Black" suggesting space, and "flat" qualifying the part of it that ir undistorted by stellar gravity, there is a problem with that because the adventures are supposed to take place on planets, mostly.
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