From: Max More (max@maxmore.com)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 12:50:00 MDT
At 10:18 AM 8/16/00, you wrote:
>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.
Definitely, but note how well him name flows. It's unusual (which I find a
good thing for anyone wanting to stand out), but it's also very cool
sounding, is easy to say, and even sounds a bit science fiction-like.
If a 20-year old memory serves, another SF writer and skeptic, John Sladek
wrote a series of parodies of SF writers, giving them each adjusted names.
I still remember his robotic morph of Asimov's name: I Click As I Move.
Max
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