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(Which is why I put it in the camp of science fantasy: it's a story about magic powers with a futuristic setting, and remains, ultimately, what James Blish called a "call a rabbit a smeerp" story: a story that could be removed from its pseudo-science setting and remain exactly the same story - but that's another argument.)
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The story is a bit of smeerp overdose, full of silly made-up words.
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There are few jocks and no guns in Anathem--the closest you get are the coolly intellectual Shaolin smeerp = Ringing Vale monks.
In Which I Blame George W. Bush for Anathem Karen Burnham 2009
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The fraas and suurs smeerp versions of friars and nuns in the Annual section open their doors to outsiders every year.
In Which I Blame George W. Bush for Anathem Karen Burnham 2009
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The fraas and suurs smeerp versions of friars and nuns in the Annual section open their doors to outsiders every year.
Archive 2009-08-01 Karen Burnham 2009
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Gary- Fair enough, although web links mentioning Blish & smeerp are thinner on the ground.
In Which I Blame George W. Bush for Anathem Karen Burnham 2009
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There are few jocks and no guns in Anathem--the closest you get are the coolly intellectual Shaolin smeerp = Ringing Vale monks.
Archive 2009-08-01 Karen Burnham 2009
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There is no need to call a rabbit a smeerp Turkey City Lexicon.
yay mikandra 2008
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But some rabbits are just asking to be called a smeerp.
yay mikandra 2008
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Dendrolibano is a lovely word, but when I mean rosemary, it's a smeerp.
Latinate words, you are my bane. shweta_narayan 2008
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