@RUTGERS.ARPA:A.ALDERSON@[36.48.0.1] (01/17/85)
From: Alderson@Score >I don't see why an author has to give you a complete glossary and >gazetteer to a fictional universe. As long as he knows what is >happening, according to a thesis by Tolkien, the world he is >describing will seem real enough. (I don't recall the term Tolkien >used to describe the flavor of realism got by placing a story in a >well-thought-out setting--do any of you?). The term is "sub-creation." See Tolkien's essay, 'On Faery Stories,' reprinted in _The Tolkien Reader_. On another topic, the shape-changing alien woman in "Space: 1999" was named Maya--the name of the Hindu/Buddhist goddess of illusion. Another version of her appears in Zelzny's greatest book, _Lord of Light_. Rich Alderson ARPA: Alderson@Score, Alderson@Sierra -------