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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 23:28:10 -0000 (UTC)
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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?
> > > 
> > >
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