meb wrote:
> Was the name Leiningen inspired by the Esquire short story "Leiningen
> vs. Ants"?  That would be a brilliantly obscure way to challenge the
> predominance of ant.  Or did you have another reference in mind.

 From the Leiningen README:

"Leiningen!" he shouted. "You're insane! They're not creatures you can 
fight--they're an elemental--an 'act of God!' Ten miles long, two miles 
wide--ants, nothing but ants! And every single one of them a fiend from 
hell... -- from Leiningen Versus the Ants by Carl Stephenson

For those who haven't heard of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiningen_Versus_the_Ants

The story seems to be online in various places, like this one:

http://www.americanliterature.com/Stephenson/SS/LeiningenVersustheAnts.html

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