Comments on: Book Giveaway: Legion and the Emperor’s Soul (7/10/2013)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:27:24 +0000

The gods of random choose Ren. I’m embarrassed to remember how long it took me to “get” Hiro Protagonist. Also, I remember Biggus Dickus from Life of Brian (along with Sillius Soddus) – Blazing Saddles too, eh?

By: Ren Kuroya

Ren Kuroya — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:20:21 +0000

Salem Dragoblood. Fantasy name I have used and love.

By: Michael Mclendon

Michael Mclendon — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:47:22 +0000

Thomas Trestleking

By: Mango Heroics

Mango Heroics — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:56:06 +0000

Biggus Dickus, that is. I shudder to note that the text editor, not I, removed the Dickus.

By: Mango Heroics

Mango Heroics — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:53:41 +0000

I’ve always liked Hiro Protagonist from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Nothing like telegraphing his plot-centrality. He’s a Hiro with at least 2 faces. And, although Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles may not fit our genre orientation, his Biggus (not sure of the spelling) certainly was memorable. In a class with your Ho Li Phuk? Yeah.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:17:06 +0000

Alucard from a number of books, manga and movies… The fact that the character usually end up being a vampire (as alucard is Dracula spelled backwards) is always a nice and somewhat interesting way to indirectly refrence a characters lineage… Through only really work since.

By: John Cory

John Cory — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 19:05:06 +0000

Ned Tender (the name of my band’s one and only EP). Phetalus (a prepubescent wizard in an unforgiving world–the worst stats I ever rolled for a D&D character). Dr. Giggler. Arthur Stoutbladder. Herbert Mancandy.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:18:52 +0000

Laura is of course correct. The only acceptable fictional names are from Pratchett: Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart, Sacharissa Crisplock, 71-hour Ahmed, Cheery Littlebottom (Traditional dwarf name) and Constable Visit-the-Infidel-with-explanatory-pamphlets only scratch the surface.

In non-fiction I’ve been reading a little about Theo Roosevelt and some interesting names have popped up:
Champ Clark, Jo Cannon (Speakers of the House)
Elihu Root (Secretary of War) and the British ambassador to America Sir Cecil Spring-Rice.

Truth is never as strange as fiction, nor as true – John Hodgman

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:45:51 +0000

I know this “name” could never really be used in your book, but it amuses me nonetheless. “Assblaster Trollmaster”

By: Kelley (Another Novel Read)

Kelley (Another Novel Read) — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:31:33 +0000

Ooh, what a fun idea!

I’ve always found the name Neville Longbottom amusing. I wish I could remember more (I really should take notes), but I’m horrible at remembering things like this on the spot!