They are therefore held and comprehended from the outset in the topos outopos placeless place, no-place place in which our experience of being-in-the-world is situated. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
This was one of HPL's unsung contributions to horror; bringing it home rather than setting it in "Italy" or "Geneva" or "Transylvania" or some nebulous no-place like Poe. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
I expect that in the long run, when we get right down to the fundamental stuff of the universe, we'll find that there's nothing there at all, just no-things moving no-place through no-time. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Conscience]
Jim floated in what he once called the the blue, a dark no-place rich with potential and was primordial soup of the same order which birthed The voice surrounded him and drifted through his caressed his nerve endings. From Wordnik.com. [In Alien Hands]
The work is divided into six scenes, as good as any way to encompass the large amount of landmarks (the work) and territory ("...the 'good place' of speculative explorations and the 'no-place' that is revealed through critical agency") that the exhibition lays out. From Wordnik.com. [James Scarborough: A Meta-Narrative for the "Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot For A Biennial," Sharjah, United Arab Emirates] Reference
“The name America, for example, very probably represents not just a tip of the hat to Amerigo Vespucci but also a multilingual pun that can mean both “born new” and “no-place-land” – a playful coinage that seems to have inspired Sir Thomas More to invent his new world across the ocean, one meaning of which was also “no-place”: Utopia.”. From Wordnik.com. [The map that changed the world | clusterflock] Reference
And that no-place which gave them birth, shall close. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke] Reference
However, utopia is directly translated as "no-place.". From Wordnik.com. [thegauntlet.ca RSS feed] Reference
And that no-place which gave them birth, shall close5. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure. IV. 1914] Reference
And of course the opposite of tribalism is cosmopolitanism: the politics of no-place. From Wordnik.com. [The American Scene] Reference
That utopian no-place allows us to imagine impossible solutions for the many real problems we face daily. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Let's demonstrate in two years that when it comes to our kids, and all of our kids, this isn't no-place; it's the best place. From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
As for socialism, that was summed up long since by Plato and Thomas More in a single word, UTOPIA, -- that is, no-place, a chimera. From Wordnik.com. [System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery] Reference
To let themselves be swallowed by the silent obscurity of some no-place where they didn't have to talk about it or think about it anymore. From Wordnik.com. [serotoninrain] Reference
It is no accident that the film ends with the scout (who narrates it) returning to the dusty fields of no-place, where beat-up amateurs are playing. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
Exploded City, meanwhile, strives to place its metropolis in the mythic context-it is a utopian city, in the original, "no-place" sense of the word. From Wordnik.com. [Rhizome Inclusive: News, Blog, and Digest] Reference
"no-place-land" - a playful coinage that seems to have inspired Sir Thomas More to invent his new world across the ocean, one meaning of which was also "no-place": Utopia. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
My place is the no-place. From Wordnik.com. [Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD: The Psychology of Religion: Why Are Some of Us Attracted to It?] Reference
There's a no-place right here, Big Real Thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
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