Short story about a child who is a miniature, living Earth
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I saw this short story in an anthology years ago. At least 20 years old, probably more.
This was a humorous short story about a child of human parents who was born as a tiny earth, complete with landform and weather, which then rapidly evolved tiny dinosaurs and finally primates, to the fascination of the baby's brother and parents. There were some amusing swipes at the government's attempts to take the baby away from the parents, and other social & political responses to this bizarre event. Baby had a post-hippie type of name, perhaps Zenobia?
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I saw this short story in an anthology years ago. At least 20 years old, probably more.
This was a humorous short story about a child of human parents who was born as a tiny earth, complete with landform and weather, which then rapidly evolved tiny dinosaurs and finally primates, to the fascination of the baby's brother and parents. There were some amusing swipes at the government's attempts to take the baby away from the parents, and other social & political responses to this bizarre event. Baby had a post-hippie type of name, perhaps Zenobia?
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Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
8 hours ago
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Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
8 hours ago
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I saw this short story in an anthology years ago. At least 20 years old, probably more.
This was a humorous short story about a child of human parents who was born as a tiny earth, complete with landform and weather, which then rapidly evolved tiny dinosaurs and finally primates, to the fascination of the baby's brother and parents. There were some amusing swipes at the government's attempts to take the baby away from the parents, and other social & political responses to this bizarre event. Baby had a post-hippie type of name, perhaps Zenobia?
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I saw this short story in an anthology years ago. At least 20 years old, probably more.
This was a humorous short story about a child of human parents who was born as a tiny earth, complete with landform and weather, which then rapidly evolved tiny dinosaurs and finally primates, to the fascination of the baby's brother and parents. There were some amusing swipes at the government's attempts to take the baby away from the parents, and other social & political responses to this bizarre event. Baby had a post-hippie type of name, perhaps Zenobia?
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Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
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Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
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Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
8 hours ago
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Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
8 hours ago
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Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
8 hours ago
Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
8 hours ago
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Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
8 hours ago
Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
8 hours ago
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The story is "Daughter Earth" by James Morrow, the lead story in the Full Spectrum 3 anthology published in 1991.
A Pennsylvania farmer's wife gives birth to a baby biosphere named Zenobia.
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
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The story is "Daughter Earth" by James Morrow, the lead story in the Full Spectrum 3 anthology published in 1991.
A Pennsylvania farmer's wife gives birth to a baby biosphere named Zenobia.
edited 7 hours ago
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books.google.co.uk/…
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– Stormblessed
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
40 mins ago
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The story is "Daughter Earth" by James Morrow, the lead story in the Full Spectrum 3 anthology published in 1991.
A Pennsylvania farmer's wife gives birth to a baby biosphere named Zenobia.
edited 7 hours ago
Valorum
417k11330373258
answered 7 hours ago
Emsley WyattEmsley Wyatt
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books.google.co.uk/…
– Valorum
7 hours ago
@Rosco If this is the correct answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark under the voting buttons.
– Stormblessed
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
40 mins ago
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The story is "Daughter Earth" by James Morrow, the lead story in the Full Spectrum 3 anthology published in 1991.
A Pennsylvania farmer's wife gives birth to a baby biosphere named Zenobia.
edited 7 hours ago
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answered 7 hours ago
Emsley WyattEmsley Wyatt
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The story is "Daughter Earth" by James Morrow, the lead story in the Full Spectrum 3 anthology published in 1991.
A Pennsylvania farmer's wife gives birth to a baby biosphere named Zenobia.
edited 7 hours ago
Valorum
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answered 7 hours ago
Emsley WyattEmsley Wyatt
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edited 7 hours ago
Valorum
417k11330373258
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answered 7 hours ago
Emsley WyattEmsley Wyatt
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answered 7 hours ago
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– Valorum
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@Rosco If this is the correct answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark under the voting buttons.
– Stormblessed
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
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books.google.co.uk/…
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@Rosco If this is the correct answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark under the voting buttons.
– Stormblessed
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
40 mins ago
books.google.co.uk/…
– Valorum
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books.google.co.uk/…
– Valorum
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@Rosco If this is the correct answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark under the voting buttons.
– Stormblessed
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@Rosco If this is the correct answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark under the voting buttons.
– Stormblessed
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
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Thanks so much, Emsley. For MA Golding: yes, I'm aware of the name history. What I meant was that it had been a vanishingly rare name, apart from some tiny arty enclaves, until the hippie era broke all the rules, and suddenly there were weird names all around us.
– Rosco
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Zenobi doesn't seem like a "post-hippie type of name" to me. The name has been used for a long time. There is the movie Zemobia (1939) where Zenobia is an elephant. The most famous Zenobia was Septimia Zenobia of Palmyra (c.240-c.274), Queen of Kings of the East and would be Roman Empress. And there were other Zenobias in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_(disambiguation) So Zenobia seems like a very, very, pre-hippie, not post-hippie, type name to me.
– M. A. Golding
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Gosh, I read that one recently. They let the child "float away" at the end. I'll look for it.
– Emsley Wyatt
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