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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:02 am
Post subject: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven
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Another allusion to the Joker, Batman's nemesis, this time in a
semi-recent issue of Analog. (Or was it Asimov's?) They're both in the
other room, but I'm a slug right now, and a tired one.
The other was in the short story "Cloak of Anarchy": a pasty-faced guy
with very red lips and green hair. Or two out of three, perhaps.
And wasn't there an allusion to Batman in one of the Man-Kzin books? -Eric
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:56 am
Post subject: Re: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:02:25 GMT, "Eric S. Harris"
<eric_harris_76 DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote:
>The other was in the short story "Cloak of Anarchy": a pasty-faced guy
>with very red lips and green hair. Or two out of three, perhaps.
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I hadn't even thought of these as possible references, I must admit.
If they are, there's another one in 'Flatlander'; the guy who offers
Beowulf a lift (or a race?) on an abandoned highway. Isn't the parting
shot something like 'This joker was clearly dangerously insane'?
I'll check the reference later. |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:53 pm
Post subject: Re: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article <BngEf.381$UF1.201@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Eric
S. Harris wrote:
> Another allusion to the Joker,
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Huh? Eh? Wot?
> Batman's nemesis,
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OH, that Joker.
Sorry, just spent the last week with PTerry's "Dark Side of the
Sun" as bed time reading, and deciding that I really need to read it in
a single go to understand it. "The Jokers" are an alien race in a
universe with appreciable resemblances to Known Space there.
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Written at Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:55 GMT >> Stay informed about: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:56:24 +0000, Severian
<severian22000.RemoveThis@nospam.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>I hadn't even thought of these as possible references, I must admit.
>If they are, there's another one in 'Flatlander'; the guy who offers
>Beowulf a lift (or a race?) on an abandoned highway. Isn't the parting
>shot something like 'This joker was clearly dangerously insane'?
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>I'll check the reference later.
Yes, it's all there; green hair, white face, glossy red mouth, a
'joker' reference.
I wonder why? >> Stay informed about: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Probably just to see if people were actually paying attention to what they
were reading. Either that or he's a closet Batman fanatic.
"Severian" <severian22000.DeleteThis@nospam.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:56:24 +0000, Severian
> <severian22000.DeleteThis@nospam.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>I hadn't even thought of these as possible references, I must admit.
>>If they are, there's another one in 'Flatlander'; the guy who offers
>>Beowulf a lift (or a race?) on an abandoned highway. Isn't the parting
>>shot something like 'This joker was clearly dangerously insane'?
>>
>>I'll check the reference later.
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> Yes, it's all there; green hair, white face, glossy red mouth, a
> 'joker' reference.
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> I wonder why? >> Stay informed about: Joker reference - I count two so far in Niven |
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