On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 10:30:19AM +0000, Sally M wrote:
<grin> and that brings us to another point, names. How do people go about picking/creating names, and what do you think of the names used in the actual series? A lot of them are names that are in use now (Anna Grant, Hal
Picking names in fiction-writing is a conspiracy on the part of the unconscious to send a message to the waking world... or do you really think that Terry Nation *consciously* decided to name multiple characters with names that mean "dark water" or "white water"?
I can't remember all the examples, but... Kerr from Kerry (which in Celtic means "dark") Avon (means "river") Del could be from Delmar (Latin/Old French "of the sea") Tarrant (also means "river") Jenna comes from Jennifer which means "white wave", Blake (old English "black, dark")
Terry isn't the only one who has a fascinating unconcious. Annie Hamilton has done a very interesting analysis of the names in Space: Above and Beyond (unfortunately I don't think it's available on-line).
Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "The way the infection's spreading here, you'll all be dead before you're half way to getting the answer." -- Roj Blake to Dr. Bellfriar (Blake's 7: Killer [B7])