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The feng shui isn't actually bad, just skewed a bit. Instead of bringing good luck the station, like it was supposed to, it instead brings randomness and weirdness.

On 12/23/99 11:11:18 AM, Cecil Lee wrote:
>Dear Michael,
>
>Your plot sounds so
>interesting:)
>
>For the corridor, you could
>perhaps add spikey walls e.g.
>thorn shaped (for those who
>know what a durian looks like,
>it has spikes). Alternatively,
>those four sided triangle
>shaped cones like those found
>in a music chamber to absorb
>echoes would be good.
>

>Usually, bad `Feng Shui'
>corridors are straight, narrow
>(and not curved). If you can
>add lots of windchimes to
>create the ultimate, metallic
>influence (inauspicious) but I
>believe good for your story
>line).
>
>You can also hang emblems of
>crossed swords on the
>corridors.
>
>For the furniture, if you can
>have beams over the chairs.
>Pointed objects aimed at the
>chairs. Use a triangle fish
>tank for decorative piece.
>
>You can also either create a
>very Yin environment e.g.
>dark, damp environment at the
>chairs or alternatively use
>the two colours Red and Blue
>as the sofa set. Where Red =
>South and Blue = North.
>
>All the above are I believe
>hallmarks of `extreme' or bad
>Feng Shui.
>
>Good luck on your story line.
>
>Warmest Regards,
>Cecil
>
>On 12/23/99 10:18:28 AM, Michael Beck
>wrote:
>>I am currently writing a
>>freeware sci-fi series to to
>>be posted to the net. It's a
>>mixture of Babylon 5 and
>>Hitchhiker's Guide to the
>>Galaxy, and is a comedy. The
>>series takes place on the
>>giant space station
>>Lungfish Alpha, which is a
>>gigantic
>>orbiting kumquat. Very late
>>in the
>>series, it's going to be
>>revealed that
>>the designer of Lungfish Alpha
>>designed it according the
>>principles of Feng Shui,
>>however mistakes were made in
>>construction and the scrambled
>>energy flows are responsible
>>for the all the strange
>>things that happen on board.
>>What would some of the visible
>>signs of the Feng Shui
>>manipulation be? How would
>>the corridors be designed,
>>where would they place
>>furniture, etc. I just need
>>some general stuff, enough to
>>drop hints so that when the
>>final revelation comes there's
>>buildup.
>>
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