I think I found what I was looking for, modifying an example from the docs:

: (mapcar pack (split (chop (line T)) " "))
go north
-> ("go" "north")

On 06/17/2017 02:35 PM, Joh-Tob Schäg wrote:
> Take a look at 'read.
> You may need to 'eval the result.
> If 'read does not suit your needs i wrote a tokenizer and parser but the
> source code is not yet ready fot publication
> 
> Am 17.06.2017 23:42 schrieb "Christopher Howard"
> <christopher.how...@qlfiles.net <mailto:christopher.how...@qlfiles.net>>:
> 
>     Hi list. I find that the 'str function is rather convenient for
>     processing commands from the user, as it converts the input to list
>     format, like in
> 
>     : (str (line T))
>     go north
>     -> (go north)
> 
>     However, it creates complications in allowing commands like:
> 
>     : (str (line T))
>     `(+ 1 2 3)
>     -> (6)
> 
>     and
> 
>     : (str (line T))
>     "crash!
>     EOF Overrun
>     ?
> 
>     Is there another simple way to get the lists provided by 'str without
>     the user this power to run code?
> 
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