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Re: What's in a name?
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:38:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
> Off the top of my head I can think
> of three (it was four, but now I can't remember one) SF series in which a
> lead character was named Crichton (under various spellings.)
> [...] Is this some
> veiled homage to the alleged writer Michael?
I dunno if there's a link to He Who Wrote Jurassic Park, but a kryton (I
dunno about the spelling and dictionary.com hasn't offered a non-Krypton
alternative) is a device used in the fuse on a nuclear warhead...
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) That's pretty cool, and it ranks as one of the most obscure facts I've learned lately. Are you confident of the spelling? I'm not doubting you (since I have no basis for comparison) but I'd like to look into it a bit further. Thanks for the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I haven't given this too much thought, and someone has probably already explored this at length, but here goes. Off the top of my head I can think of three (it was four, but now I can't remember one) SF series in which a lead character was named (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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