lots of stuff

António Pedro Marques · 12 Jul 2010, 13:52 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:52:24 +0100
Subject: (urth) lots of stuff
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Lee Berman wrote (12-07-2010 14:44):

> I think I am safe in saying that nobody is suggesting Father Inire IS
> Fenrir, any more than I was suggesting that he IS the baboon-headed
> Egyptian god Thoth.

Are there any other cases in the Sun books of
- a proper name that isn't a real historical proper name
- a proper name that is a pun/mangled version of a real historical proper name?
- a title that is a pun/mangled version of a real historical proper name?

These are commonplace in fantastic literature, but I'm unsure when it's 
Wolfe we're talking about. I do have the idea that there's Wolfean 
precedent, but I can't recall where.

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