Jon Gabriel wrote:
> The �Guatama� reference I mentioned earlier today is on page
> 257 of the hardcover edition of Kiln People, Paragraph 9 and
> is said by Corporal Chen.
>
> Gautam, does your name mean something in particular?
> (just curious)
Wasn't Gautama the Buddha's first name? Of course, DB may have
chosen to use the name "Gautama" rather than "Buddha" as a
tribute to you-know-who...
Speaking of sneaking list members into stories, I strongly
suspect that the little male urs character from the second
Uplift trilogy was named after list founder Hector Yee.
> Credits from Kiln People:
> Special appreciation goes to
> Stefan Jones, [...] Trevor Sands [...] Mason Rourman,
> [...] Steinn Sigurdsonn,
Those four were all former (or formerly more active) members.
> Steve Sloan,
Woo-hoo! ;-)
I probably got in there because of my work putting together
the author photo page Dr. B requested:
http://david-brin.tripod.com/
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