tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post8654713564426614204..comments2024-03-26T08:18:06.895-04:00Comments on Moristotle & Co.: Third Saturday FictionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-87546396313532583282015-09-27T15:54:55.329-04:002015-09-27T15:54:55.329-04:00Yeah, not only are the names maybe peculiar in the...Yeah, not only are the names maybe peculiar in themselves, but there are lots of them, and many of them don't have many pages mentioned to them. This work has only a slim chance of ever seeing any other publication than being serialized here.<br /> Where are you back in town from, Steve? And were you away long? Vacation to another country or continent?Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-25931326906084555152015-09-27T14:38:08.982-04:002015-09-27T14:38:08.982-04:00Just got back in town. Good stuff even if the nam...Just got back in town. Good stuff even if the names confuse me a little.<br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-33189657880127190892015-09-20T16:22:20.815-04:002015-09-20T16:22:20.815-04:00Thank you, Bettina. I kind of enjoyed this chapter...Thank you, Bettina. I kind of enjoyed this chapter myself. As I think I commented on a previous chapter, I have not re-read the whole book, but only each chapter as I publish it, so this is definitely an adventure for me, as well (I hope) for my "other" readers.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-86490398464125367492015-09-19T15:34:09.253-04:002015-09-19T15:34:09.253-04:00Great read and good writing, Morris. Great read and good writing, Morris. Bettina Sperryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834001147504433082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-64799917063575349952015-09-19T13:01:58.052-04:002015-09-19T13:01:58.052-04:00Ed, thank you both for the encouragement and for t...Ed, thank you both for the encouragement and for the suggestion. I think I'll honor the original intent (a broad parody, very much in keeping with the book's subtitle, "A Bicentennial Entertainment") and keep the names, which were chosen to play off members of Nixon's staff. What I probably should do, however, in view of the fact (you're right) that many if not most readers of this series are not going to associate the fictional names with the names of Nixon's men, is simply provide a sort of <i>dramatis personae</i>. Today, for example, Ron Zinger is a play off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Ziegler" rel="nofollow">Ron Ziegler</a>, and P.R. Addleman is a play off <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Haldeman" rel="nofollow">H.R. (Bob) Haldeman</a> (remember his crewcut?). Barry Wrangler (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reasoner" rel="nofollow">Harry Reasoner</a>), Dan Somewhat (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather" rel="nofollow">Dan Rather</a>), Carla Burnstone (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bernstein" rel="nofollow">Carl Bernstein</a> of Woodward & Bernstein).<br /> Fred & Clara Noemann are pure inventions, as is Austin Froth (Chapters 2 & 3). I can't remember who Orda plays off. Maybe it'll come back to me.Moristotlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02211602374384087074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28676316.post-81318078155042653462015-09-19T10:49:54.158-04:002015-09-19T10:49:54.158-04:00I enjoyed the read with my coffee this morning. Th...I enjoyed the read with my coffee this morning. The story line is a very easy to read and interesting as always. I do have one thought about the names. It would be easier to read if the names were totally random. I found myself trying to place the names with Nixon's cabinet. Then again, there aren't that many of us left alive that can remember who was in that cabinet.Ednoreply@blogger.com