ted@usceast.UUCP (07/15/84)
<this line's name is sam> Analog magazine is starting an interesting contest this month. The "Alternate View" column this issue was a speculation on the existence of other universes (all universes are bubbles in N-space, formed at the instant of the big bang, separated by an ocean of H-space). The author of the piece, John G. Cramer,was talking about the concept with Gene Wolfe, who suggested that if there are other universes, calling ours "the universe" is misleading : it ought to have a name. I now quote from the magazine : So, in order to correct this Name deficiency, I hereby announce the 1984 Analog _Name_The_Universe_Competition_ ! The winner will receive a free one year subscription to this magazine and will, in addition, achieve the true immortality of having chosen the proper name of an important natural object, in this case the Universe in which we live. Send your entries (one per letter please) to me care of Analog, 380 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Include your name and address, your suggestion for the Name of the Universe, and a brief statement of why you feel the Name is appropriate. The winning Name and the name of the winner will be announced in a later Alternate View column (probably in early 1985). --John G. Cramer, "The Alternate View", Analog September 1984 How about it folks? Any takers? Then again why name anything that won't come when you call it... Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Nolan ...decvax!mcnc!ncsu!ncrcae!usceast!ted 6536 Brookside Circle ...akgua!usceast!ted Columbia, SC 29206 ("We pray for one last landing on the globe that gave us birth..") -------------------------------------------------------------------------------