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This tag is for questions about words, terms, or phrases in Sci-Fi or Fantasy.

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Why is "cloth" an obscenity in Levin's "This Perfect Day"?

Just to suggest an alternative reading; if the citizens of this world only wear paper clothes (presumably as they're cheap and discardable), it might make sense to inculcate the idea of "cloth" as som …
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