It's been said about that Discworld, that it's a funhouse mirror of our world, but also world in it's own right.
Almost anything that happens in strip like Starslip would be seen as comment on the corresponding thing from our world, rather than just trying to give the characters soon history.
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Date: 2008-10-14 12:57 pm (UTC)It's been said about that Discworld, that it's a funhouse mirror of our world, but also world in it's own right.
Almost anything that happens in strip like Starslip would be seen as comment on the corresponding thing from our world, rather than just trying to give the characters soon history.