From Agent Trondheim from X.Files, through planet Trondheim from Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the dead" and through to Tronjheim from Eragon. WTF is up with the sci-fi and fantasy community constantly coming back to my hometown. So whats up? Is the name funny or ominous or exotic? Can someone explain this to me?
The has a very exotic, Nordic sounding name. Also, it is rather well known, but only through the lens of the Northern War and Battle of the Atlantic in WWII, which makes it even more dramatic.
What Neil said. In addition, Nidaros has a long and rich history for those of such bent.
It's not your hometown though. You just live there.
Next you'll suggest that if you stuff a cockroach into a pile of manure that it suddenly becomes a pig. :mad:
Home is where the heart is. :)
Home is where the hearth is. Learn to spell.
Yeah, agree with Neil. It does sound rather cool and then in the back of most peoples head there will be a vague familiarity with it (via WW2) that they can't quite place.
I suspect that you see 'Trondheim' more often than anyone writes it. :P
It certainly doesn't come up "constantly" in sci-fi and fantasy, though your heightened sensitivity to the name may make it seem like that to you.
Quote from: grumbler on September 04, 2011, 12:29:18 PM
I suspect that you see 'Trondheim' more often than anyone writes it. :P
It certainly doesn't come up "constantly" in sci-fi and fantasy, though your heightened sensitivity to the name may make it seem like that to you.
It comes up far more often than the importance warrants, I'd say.
Quote from: Neil on September 02, 2011, 07:05:03 PM
The has a very exotic, Nordic sounding name. Also, it is rather well known, but only through the lens of the Northern War and Battle of the Atlantic in WWII, which makes it even more dramatic.
BTW, Trondheim does have a special place in Neil's heart though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau
this is down the road a bit from here... The Gneisenau "Caesar" Turret.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F2c%2FGneisenau-1.jpg&hash=b8a3882a7ea5981642d3f1868d8f901eb05e5ec5)
A nice chunk of battlecruiser, and the last major piece of battlecruiser remaining.
Quote from: Slargos on September 05, 2011, 01:56:29 PM
It comes up far more often than the importance warrants, I'd say.
Probably so. It is a pleasant-sounding name and, as others have noted, has that dash of the exotic. None of that has to do with the place of the same name, but that is a nice town nonetheless.
Quote from: Neil on September 05, 2011, 02:51:44 PM
A nice chunk of battlecruiser, and the last major piece of battlecruiser remaining.
We also have a sub bunkers downtown, plus a few Tirpitz hiding places along the fjord.
Along with a functional optical AAA rangefinder from WWII.