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"What we're doing pop culturally is like burning the rain forest. The biodiversity of pop culture is really, really in danger."
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![]() Very likely the first use of this picturesque and heartwarming phrase.
I think my first exposure to this term comes in Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune:
"Tell me about her."
Again, Paul closed his eyes. "We're in a little place in some rocks where it's sheltered. It's almost night, but it's hot and I can see patches of sand out of an opening in the rocks... And she says: 'Tell me about the waters of your homeworld, Usul.'"
Compare to mother world from The Moon of Doom (1928) by Earl L. Bell. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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