Search Forum Home   Starfist: Main  General Starfist Forum  Elneal...  Elneal   mclark 178 posts Joined 1/27/2006 Elneal Posted: 13 May 08 2:31 AM I seem to recall from an email conversation with David that I've since lost (hard disk crash) that the planet Elneal was named "in honor of" the libertarian science fiction writer L. Neil Smith.  If I remember correctly, David, you felt that Smith's ideas were more likely to lead to chaos than freedom, and that is the reason you named the planet for him.  Or do I got it wrong? DavidS 988 posts www.novelier.com Joined 1/23/2006 Re: Elneal Posted: 13 May 08 10:00 PM  You remember it fairly well. But Smith's ideas aren't much in sync with the ideas of friends of mine who are libertarian--and with whom I agree far more often than I disagree. He's more along the lines of Ayn Rand with guns, lots and lots of guns. Imagine Tombstone before the Earp brothers showed up. Although, honestly, most casualties would be caused by basic ignorance of physics rather than use of firearms. Finucane 1932 posts Joined 1/25/2006 Re: Elneal Posted: 14 May 08 3:49 AM Have you forgotten Mas Fardeed, headman of Tulak Yar, who begged the Marines for guns to defend his people against Shabeli?  The thing about David and me in these books is we give each other equal access to our soapboxes. Skink 1077 posts Joined 12/17/2007 Re: Elneal Posted: 14 May 08 6:09 AM Man, what a book. Was that book plot based on what happened in Somila in the Early 90's? Finucane 1932 posts Joined 1/25/2006 Re: Elneal Posted: 16 May 08 2:36 AM No, not "Somila."  Is that anywhere near Quamquat in the Republic of Upper Umfoozie?  Page 1 of 3 123Next    Starfist: Main  General Starfist Forum  Elneal... Flat View Tree View Oldest To Newest Newest To Oldest