From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!kaufman Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: Nessus" name Article-I.D.: yale-com.983 Posted: Mon Feb 28 09:47:41 1983 Received: Tue Mar 1 03:41:49 1983 References: ariel.244 I apologize about Chiron, and I was avoiding nitpicking about the Hindmost - yes, it is a title, but remember that the Hindmost, at the time of Ringworld Engineers, was no longer Hindmost! But that's not what I wrote to say - Beowulf Schaeffer's (I think I've misspelled that) first description of a puppeteer begins "imagine a three legged *centaur* . . ." (*'s mine). Ergo, I think we can now assume that the puppeteers chose their names on purpose, recognizing their resemblance to creatures of mythology, yes? Does anyone want to comment on why a manic/depressive would name himself (or be named) "Nessus"? - David Kaufman ...!decvax!yale-comix!kaufman