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Message no. 1
From: Brian Johnson <john0375@****.TC.UMN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Yomi (dream island)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 14:08:09 -0500
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Steven A. Tinner wrote:

> Don't they mention somewhere that Yomi means "Garbage?"
um, no? I think Gomi is garbage, (from gibson, of course, so...)

> Maybe I'm mixing my Gibson with my Charette here, but didn't the Japanese
> supposedly run out of dumps for their solid waste and decide to build an
> island out of it?
yah, an airport is planned 'dream island'
most of their costal areas also have regions that are 'dumps' that they
then build stuff on. That was one of the problems with the Kobe
earthquake, most of the infill moved around and settled a lot!.

> I could be way off base here, but that concept sounds so familiar.
> I know Gibson wrote about that in "Lords of Sleep", but I thought the
> concept had carried over to SR ...
>
> Steven A. Tinner
> bluewizard@*****.com
> http://www.ncweb.com/users/bluewizard
> "Hoo-Hah! Thrown to the weasels again!"
>
Message no. 2
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Yomi (dream island)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 11:19:10 +1000
> > Don't they mention somewhere that Yomi means "Garbage?"
>
> um, no? I think Gomi is garbage, (from gibson, of course, so...)
>
Yup; Gomi is garbage, or kitsch things.. I've heard the word 'Gomi'
used to describe tourist souvenirs.

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