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> the heroic stronghold planet of "Caliban" being named after a gay club located down the street from the pub where the setting's original creators would hang o
by twic 3y ago
> the heroic stronghold planet of "Caliban" being named after a gay club located down the street from the pub where the setting's original creators would hang out
This appears to be an urban myth. Nobody has ever managed to find any evidence that there was a gay club called Caliban or The Rock in Nottingham, or that anything was named after one.
Lion El'Jonson, though, definitely: https://www.poeticous.com/lionel-johnson/the-dark-angel-dark-angel-with-thine-aching-lust https://www.poeticous.com/lionel-johnson/the-dark-angel-dark...