At 05:27 PM 7/16/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>>Oosterwyck - fabled for beauty and sensuality, hired as a dance troupe for
>>the Initiation Ceremony (pg 186)
>
>I wonder where David Brin got the idea for that clan name.
>
>There is town a few dozen kilometers from where I live, called Oisterwijk.
>The spelling is slightly different, but the name is pronounced exactly like
>Oosterwyck.
I thought of you when I saw that.
I wonder if DB ever took a vacation there? Heck, I wonder if DB even
remembers where he came up with that..... ;-)
JDG
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