Ayep, that's where I took the moniker from.
Now try to figure out the layers of meaning in choosing that as a handle. It's both egotistical and self deprecating. On top of that I have had the privilage of discussing the character (and his scientific screw ups with the character) with Larry Niven, one of my favorite authors.
Yeah ?
Well I've read many of his books: Neutron Star, Ringworld,
Ringworld Engineers, Tales of Known Space, World Out Of Time, World of Ptavvs .
>>and self deprecating. On top of that I have had the privilage of discussing the character (and his scientific screw ups with the character) with Larry Niven, one of my favorite authors.
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Yeah, lots of scientific screw ups !
Besides the obvious, he describes a future that is to perfect, too clean . A future where the technology never fails, even if it has been collecting dust for thousands of years !
Niven was an advocate of that early SDI program: The X-Ray Laser - - - what a boondoggle !