From: Dan Hook (dhook@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 11:18:33 MDT
Don't forget Isaac Asimov. He actually gave some thought to a anglicized
pen name early in his career, but was greatful later on that he didn't.
He attributed part of his success to his odd name.
Dan Hook
"So high, so low, so many things to know." -- V. Vinge
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, John Clark wrote:
> Don't do it Eliezer! I'll grant you that a normal person in our culture with a name like
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" might be under a disadvantage, but you're not a normal person
> and your ideas are not of the average sort, so you should have an unusual name, it's an
> advantage. There once was a unsuccessful singer who had a mundane sounding name,
> I forget what it was but it was almost as dull and forgettable as "John Clark", anyway he
> changed it to "Engelbert Humperdink" and immediately became very successful. I think
> Arnold Schwarzeneger's name has helped him too.
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> John K Clark (yawn) jonkc@att.net
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