Sujet : Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
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Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 6/26/2024 11:34 AM, Tony Nance wrote:
On 6/26/24 10:08 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
What's in a name?
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https://reactormag.com/five-sff-works-featuring-nameless-protagonists/
Oh spiffy - very interesting essay - thanks.
Of the very few that came to mind, one is in your essay (A Nameless
Witch[1]), and one is in the comments (Zelazny's My Name is Legion).
The other definite one that came to mind is Annihilation[2] by Jeff
Vandermeer.
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.
...
Murderbot took the name of the Security Consultant Rin when it was
headed toward the mining planet where the bots went rogue on the
miners. I suspect that we will see that name again.
It used "Eden" in the second story. In Fugitive Telemetry, there was a
negotiation for a "Feed ID" to use in Preservation territory, and the
matter was settled with "SecUnit". That's pretty much what all the
Preservation people called it in the novels.
Brian
(ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
