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unusual facts about Old Earth



House Atreides

In the Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson Legends of Dune novels, the Atreides family line goes back to the Greeks on Old Earth.


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At All Costs

In conference, Admiral Thomas Caparelli tells Honor that Hamish has compared her favorably to the Old Earth "wet-navy" Admirals Raphael Semmes and Bill Halsey.

Bound by the Beauty

"Something About Trains" also appeared (as "This Old Earth") on The Top of His Head, the soundtrack to Peter Mettler's film The Top of His Head.

Day-age creationism

The Old-Earth figurative view can be traced back at least to Saint Augustine in the 5th Century who pointed out, in De Genesi ad Litteram (On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis) that the "days" in Genesis could not be literal days, if only because Genesis itself tells us that the sun was not made until the fourth "day".

Farah Mendlesohn

Polder: A Festschrift For John Clute and Judith Clute (Baltimore: Old Earth Books, 2006)

Parafaith Universe

The Parafaith Universe is the name of a duology by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. set in a future time where humanity has moved out into the stars and left "Old Earth" behind.

Supreme Alphabet

To be born is to bring into existence mentally through the Nation of Gods and Earths, or physically by way of the old Earth’s womb, Life.

The Top of His Head

Jane Siberry also contributed a song, "This Old Earth", which was nominated for Best Song at the 1990 Genie Awards and appeared on her 1989 album Bound by the Beauty under the alternate title "Something About Trains".