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more about #madcartography jcous: And the moon itself is to be re-named "Teen Titan" more » WandaShako: Chusuk (Choo-suhk) is a Korean holiday, celebrating the harvest. The Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving. Perhaps these are the Plains of Thanksgiving? more » Pope John Peeps II: Almost seems like they named it after Chuck Palahniuk, no? more » RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: Why did they chose Chusuk indeed. I can think of a number of Dune plants (besides Arrakis) whose names I'd use before getting down to Chusuk. Besides,... more » ShuklaJalookhi: I'd say they're saving Arrakis for an actual 'Dune.' more » -
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The Plains of Titan Will Be Named After a Planet from "Dune"
Saturn's Moon Titan is full of dark, icy sands, so it makes sense that its dune-filled plains should be named after a planet from the Dune series.The Chusuk plain is the dark region next to the letter C. More » -
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The Curious Art of Science Fiction Road Maps
Adrian Leskiw is one of the rarest kinds of science fiction creators: He does his world-building entirely through the medium of road maps. A self-professed road geek, Leskiw creates extremely realistic road systems for fictional countries or alternate versions of existing ones. Here you can see a map he's created of an imaginary island called Breda in the south Pacific, in the year 2040. More »
