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Old 04-29-2011, 05:22 PM   #145
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Renaissance is literally rebirth. Presumably you're trying to get a word for birth of responsibility, combined with the feeling of "The Renaissance" as a period in history. It's a nice idea.

I just hate the spelling and pronunciation you've come up with. And even if I liked the word, I don't think a hard-to-pronounce, non-obvious neologism is the right choice for a book title.

"It looks like 'o-needers'."
"No, it's ONE-ders! O-N-E....One!
"Got it. It looks like 'o-needers'."

--That Thing You Do.

Steven, you're wrong about replicators...they can't create just anything. They cannot create anything that would screw up the plot. :-)

Sort of like what Brannon Bragga said about 'tricorders.':

"What does a tricorder do? Tricorders are device that...well, they drive the plot forward, that's what they do."

So..did you fix Ouinsannce so I can read it, and did you decide about promo pricing on 'Kestral' 1?

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