Re: The Ark of the Biology

On 04/07/2025 23:36, Stefan Ram wrote:

Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:

This might be an excerpt from or a response to
_Science Fiction By Scientists_,

    It all kicked off in this out-of-the-way newsgroup called
   "de.etc.sprache.deutsch".
    Someone there got curious about a word from Switzerland,
   "Biolade" (health food store/organic food store).
    That word made me think of "Bundeslade" (the Ark of the Covenant).
   It really got my imagination going, trying to figure out what
   a "Biolade" could be, and I started thinking my text should be
   a mix of biblical and scientific language. I was also influenced
   by a certain sci-fi story from a scientist I'd recently read.
    So first, I put together a post in German for "de.rec.sf.misc",
   and later followed up with an English one here. The biblical
   vibe in the German version is based on Martin Luther, and in
   the English one, it's based on the KJV.

There is "Noah's Ark" of course, and probably
lots of science fiction natural-diversity-saving
"arks" - at least three in "Doctor Who" stories,
and _The Starlost_, and _Silent Running_.
"The Noah Plan" set to music by Peter Schilling,
and "After the Gold Rush", by Neil Young.