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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Niven's Characters
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 14:47:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 14:47:08 1985
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Summary: 

Actually, despite the overwhelming evidence that Louis Wu is the son of Beowulf
Shaeffer (well, biologically his father must be Carlos Wu), Niven is adamant 
that Louis Wu has never even heard of Bey.  (See "Ringworld.")  I can't even
speculate why Niven decided to do it that way, but he IS the author, after
all...

I suppose that if, in Known Space, one takes the name of one's biological 
father rather than the man one's mother is married to, there must be 
thousands of Wus knocking around by the time of "Ringworld."  Carlos Wu 
had an UNLIMITED Birthright License.

Bonus trivia question:  We all know who Beowulf Shaeffer is.  What Niven 
characters had middle names Launcelot and Gilgamesh?  (Answers rot13 after 
my signature.)

David D. Levine  (...decvax!tektronix!orca!davidl)          [UUCP]
                 (orca!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet)  [ARPA]

Answers:  Yhpnf Ynhaprybg Tneare naq Tvyoreg Tvytnzrfu Unzvygba.