Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Michael F. Stemper" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Works Featuring Nameless Protagonists Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 09:14:50 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:14:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a5ebaeb3829c88a359e67931b8985e79"; logging-data="398588"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Q/xWwCqP+B3qgoDyWSZnCE3KeGfQbL7s=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.11.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:LjEniMY7u/z8m2EAGho/aMhEkaw= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2175 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 >> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> 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. > > The Time Machine's Protagonist's name is H. G. Wells.  The Time Traveler. In what chapter is The Time Traveller referred to as "H. G. Wells"? Here is the text: -- Michael F. Stemper A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with.