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I Will Build a House of Steel
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Michelle Steiner
2013-05-16 17:00:42 UTC
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"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
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Bob Casanova
2013-05-16 17:16:05 UTC
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:42 -0700, the following appeared
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Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
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Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov
Michelle Steiner
2013-05-16 17:30:59 UTC
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Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
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Scott Lurndal
2013-05-16 17:44:51 UTC
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Post by Michelle Steiner
Post by Bob Casanova
Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
He obviously has a thing about the Clyntons.

scott
Michelle Steiner
2013-05-16 21:58:29 UTC
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Post by Scott Lurndal
Post by Michelle Steiner
Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of Public
Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France, went over OK...
;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre.
"Hillary Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political
alignments. I think that Dave was just having fun with the name.
He obviously has a thing about the Clyntons.
*laugh*
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Robert A. Woodward
2013-05-17 04:53:53 UTC
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Post by Scott Lurndal
Post by Michelle Steiner
Post by Bob Casanova
Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
He obviously has a thing about the Clyntons.
There was also a minor character in _Echoes of Honor_; a young
State Security Lieutenant named Guillermo Rodham.

And, on an entirely different echo, chapter 45 of _Echoes of Honor_
starts with the mention of the planet Lois in the Clarke system
(with references to Citizen Colonel White of StateSec and a Citizen
Captain Olsen of the Peoples Navy.
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Scott Lurndal
2013-05-17 13:34:13 UTC
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Post by Scott Lurndal
Post by Michelle Steiner
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Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
He obviously has a thing about the Clyntons.
There was also a minor character in _Echoes of Honor_; a young
State Security Lieutenant named Guillermo Rodham.
There was also a corrupt customs official in the Roger stories named Clinton.

scott
Bob Casanova
2013-05-17 17:15:28 UTC
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 17:44:51 GMT, the following appeared in
Post by Scott Lurndal
Post by Michelle Steiner
Post by Bob Casanova
Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
He obviously has a thing about the Clyntons.
...and Clyntahns. And Clintons... ;-)
--
Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov
Bob Casanova
2013-05-17 17:14:07 UTC
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:59 -0700, the following appeared
in alt.books.david-weber, posted by Michelle Steiner
Post by Michelle Steiner
Post by Bob Casanova
Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
Why not? Rob Pierre and a thinly-disguised Committee of
Public Safety, in a thinly-disguised revolutionary France,
went over OK... ;-)
Yeah, but "Rob Pierre" is an obvious reference to Robespierre. "Hillary
Palin" is a mashup of two people of opposite political alignments. I think
that Dave was just having fun with the name.
Could well be. I haven't yet read "House of Steel" (it's on
the shelf until I finish my current reading "project") , but
he does this sort of thing, mining history for names of
compatible personalities, repeatedly; witness "The Evil
Clyntahn". Personally, I like it... ;-)
--
Bob C.

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

- Isaac Asimov
joem256
2013-05-22 10:28:17 UTC
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Post by Michelle Steiner
"Hillary Palin"??? Really, Dave; really?
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He also does it with fictional characters to, Honor's Doctor in 'At All Costs' was an auburn haired short woman named Janet Frasier.
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