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So just what the heck is a Habble?
Yeratel:
--- Quote from: KevinSig on September 14, 2015, 12:14:23 PM ---I want to say it's a play on habitat. That's what I assumed in my reading of my own ARC.
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Like the Gretna Green housing project in Chicago, from the Dresden novels?
Eami:
Halfway through the book I'm resonably a certain a habble is what they call a level (or floor, if it was a building) of the spire
Serack:
--- Quote from: Second Aristh on September 13, 2015, 05:11:14 PM ---I would guess that habble is more than just a place to live. The prologue takes place in Habble Morning, but the characters give it political weight as well. Perhaps a habble is a major subsection of a Spire?
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Yah, I think this is correct. I believe it's a unit of the spire's population, and if I remember correctly, it's the population living on one level of the spire.
I think it's a municipal/political unit as well.
cass:
They're physically (and probably culturally and economically) separated political entities. More like cities or greek polises than countries. Maybe the closest analogue is the early days of the US (or current EU) where there is, technically, centralized leadership but in practice each unit governs itself mostly-independently.
Spoilering to be safe, but it's not anything beyond Serack's level of info. No plot stuff.
(click to show/hide)Definitely not a typo, though-- the use of the verb 'habbled' to describe someone who was put off an airship (either because of wrongdoing or lack of need) is enough to confirm that the noun habble is a deliberate choice.
Mith:
I was going in context of the original post. Having actually read the sample chapters, I would never have thought of it as a typo.
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