Places from Hugh Cook's Oceans of Light.
Refer to these unofficial Maps to orient yourself with the stories.
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Great Clam - Slang name for Midas Makorum While Chalakanesia's presidency moved from Pearl to Pearl every seven years, the federal treasury itself stayed put on Midas Makorum, the Second Pearl. That was a...
Great Powers Of The Conference - The joint alliance of Heaven and Hell As for the current scientific and military prowess in which the Great Powers so ostentatiously luxuriated, why, that owed nothing to any kind of cultural...
Gulf Of Heaven - Another name for Heaven
Han Mok - Hugh Cook called the bar the Hari Mok in the novels in in the short stories, the Han Mok. And she led them to the major intersection known as Hodokyo De, the Place of the Hodokyo. At the south east...
Haridjakarta Moskovola - Another name for the Hari Mok Note: name similar to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.
Hari Mok - The most popular bar in Lexis. As Atlanta was heading for the Haridjakarta Moskovola (that venerable establishment otherwise known as the Hari Mok), she was hailed by Gorkindachina, who was seated...
Hodokyo De - Major cross-road in downtown Lexis. A left turn then brought her out onto the Alkaline Bill, and she saw ahead of her the Hodokyo. The Hodokyo was an overpass, a singularly ugly footbridge of old...
Hoptus Hoptus - A city She realized she had put him off balance with that tooth of hers. It had been uncommonly effective. Why? Presumably because it made him realize he was a long, long way from home, a long way...
Hot and Cold - A coffee shop Upon which Atlanta deliberately set about plying Soba with enough strong drink to render her senseless, a project easily accomplished thanks to Soba's greedy appetites and her frail...
House Belch - House of the Family Belch Heineman was happy to accept the offer, and was soon on his way to House Belch, the sorry excuse for a mansion which Wolfganga had built at the south-west end of the Mexicus...
House Chalk - House of the Family Chalk (Senator Chalk). As Heineman walked down the beach, he kept a wary lookout for the zogo zalth. If the zogo zalth were still flying round the omagulous toad at La Lantis,...
House Epoktatima - Formerly the House Gorkindachina, but after Gorkindachina is shunted the house is given to the Family Epoktatima. Lotharian would not want to give up his ownership of the House Gorkindachina - now...
House Gorkindachina - The House of Vignis Vo Gorkindachina. First mansion on Qin Sistock Maruka. After Gorkindachina is shunted possession is given to the Family Epoktatima and it becomes the House Epoktatima. Greatly...
House Jubiladilia - Two days later, after further talks with Grindle-Joyce, Heineman came to the Conference Room of the House Jubiladilia, meaning to brief his sister Atlanta and his grandfather Zinjanthrop at a strategy...
House Lubamacasta - House on the Mexicus Hojo, originally belonging to Glan Gleneth Soba Lubamacasta. It came into the possession of Family Epoktatima to repay Soba's debts and was then purchased by the Family Belch....
House Of Death - 'The House of Death, for example,' said Teladex. 'Your hospital for the Gan.' 'House of Death?' said Heineman. 'Nobody calls it that, only in jokes. Anyway, it's not my hospital. It's a private...
House Of Sin - An icecream emporium (and brothel?) run by Betina Lilibet. 'Diet books,' says Betina Lilibet, 'are the worst form of pornography.' It has to be admitted than Betina Lilibet, proprietor of Betina...
House Of X - House of Senator X So saying, Gorkindachina took himself to the House of X, the rambler often known by its proper registered name, the Engramicus Mulch. This ancient mansion dominated Point Cur, the...
House Scarab - House of Senator Scarab Senator Scarab had been absent from the riotous senate session of the previous day, and was a long time friend of old man Zinjanthrop. If anyone could rally support for...
Huk - Mountains Then she grinned, showing him a mouthful of shark. Her serrated teeth were as jagged as the Huk mountains, and as white as the powder from a can of ZoZoGlenz. She was floating on wine, its...