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Re: What's in a name?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:57:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> 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?
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> 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...
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 nifty response.
Dave!
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| (...) 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 (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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