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From: jrrt@hogpd.UUCP (R.MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Questions on TFS
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Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 10:40:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 15 10:40:12 1984
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I recently reread one of my favorite humorous SF novels -- THE
FLYING SORCERORS by Gerrold and Niven.  One of the fun aspects of
the book is that the pantheon worshipped by the characters consists of 
deities whose names and spheres of influence suggest people involved
in SF or fantasy.  I enjoyed spotting these references, and identifying the
target writers, but there are a few I don't get.  Below is a list of
the gods I spotted, their spheres of influence, and the appropriate
author.  Can anyone help me fill in the blanks in the third column?
(Note: I don't think a spoiler warning is needed, since this list
doesn't say anything about the plot, etc.)

Diety:		Controls:	Author:

Musk-Watz	Wind		???
Elcin		Thunder		Ellison
N'veen		Tides		Niven
Leeb		Magic		Leiber
Rotn'bair	Sheep		Roddenberry (why sheep?)
Nils'n's	Mud creatures	??? (The "Nielsen" ratings?)
Filfomar	Rivers		Farmer
Eccar		"The Man"	"Ecce"?
Finelein	Engineers	Heinlein
Brad		The past	Bradbury
Kronk		The future	???
Po		Decay		Pohl (Decay?)
Klarther	Skies and seas	Clarke
Fol		Distortion	???
Pull'nissin	Duels		Anderson
Hitch		Birds		Hitchcock
Blok		Violence	Bloch
Tis'turzhin	Love		Sturgeon
Sp'nee		Slime		Spinrad?
Tucker		Names		Tucker!
Caff		Dragons		Guess who...
Yake		What-if		???
Furman		Fasf		???
Poup		Fertility	???

One last question: One of the main characters is a sorceror named
Shoogar.  Is there a pun involved with that name that I'm too dense
to see?

Rob Mitchell  {allegra,ihnp4}!hogpd!jrrt

"There comes a time when a man must stand up for his rights, or he can't 
bear to look at himself in a mirror to shave.  I had already shaved,
so I paid."  - Oscar Gordon