Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 13:07:27 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 7/7/2024 8:50 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <v6e7sq$c57s$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 06/07/2024 15.54, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 7/6/2024 1:54 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:34:40 -0400, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
wrote:
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Two more that I think fit come from two different Wells:
- I don't think the protagonist of Wells' The War of the Worlds has a name.
- I don't think Wells' Murderbot has acquired a name yet (besides
"Murderbot")- at least not one they accept.

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Speaking of HG Wells, the protagonist of The Time Machine (which I
decided after all these years I should finally read it - and completed
it this morning) definitely doesn't.

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The Time Machine's Protagonist's name is H. G. Wells.  The Time Traveler.

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In what chapter is The Time Traveller referred to as "H. G. Wells"?
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Here is the text:
<https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35/pg35-images.html>
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I believe it happens in this chapter:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_After_Time_(1979_film)

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That's not the book though.  NEVER assume anything at all in a movie
based on a book has anything to do with the original book.

For that matter the George Pal movie did this first: the Traveller is
referred to as "George" by his companions, and the machine's control
panel states that it was manufactured by "H. George Wells".

As far as the original is concerned it explicitly avoids giving his
name, as here in Chapter 2:
'"Where’s ---?" said I, naming our host.'

--
Jerry Brown

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