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Story Musgrave is an American astronaut. He has just about the stupidest name in the astronaut core, so I'm guessing he comes from one of those states where religious parents randomly stick their finger in the bible and name their children after whatever word they hit. Since that doesn't explain "Mitt" Romney, perhaps there's some other explanation for Mr. Musgrave too.
In any case, he's a veteran of several Shuttle flights, has fixed the Hubble Space Telescope and bummed around the ISS a while, so he was chosen as one of the guests of this year's Worldcon, in Chicago. I was asked by Chicon if I'd do an illo about one of the guests and had a problem -- most of the guests are people I don't know, have no interest in, and in one or two cases I'd have crossed the street to avoid. The astronaut guest was the only exception. As well, he's an astronaut... a far more interesting subject than some fan who runs conventions or has sold books from the dealers' room for 25 years.
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In any case, he's a veteran of several Shuttle flights, has fixed the Hubble Space Telescope and bummed around the ISS a while, so he was chosen as one of the guests of this year's Worldcon, in Chicago. I was asked by Chicon if I'd do an illo about one of the guests and had a problem -- most of the guests are people I don't know, have no interest in, and in one or two cases I'd have crossed the street to avoid. The astronaut guest was the only exception. As well, he's an astronaut... a far more interesting subject than some fan who runs conventions or has sold books from the dealers' room for 25 years.
Rather than post these stages of production one by one, I followed a suggestion to paste them together.
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"just about the stupidest name in the astronaut core" ... I recall a time when it seemed about every one of our astronauts was named Scott (early-mid 70s) - Gary Trudeau commented on this curious phenomenon in his Doonesbury strip at the time.
Generally, when I see a name like this I assume its owner had simply parted his name on the side, i.e., dropped his first name. This isn't always so - Hunter S. Thompson, for example. This isn't strictly an American habit - Queen (Alexandrina) Victoria and her son King (Albert) Edward VII come to mind. We've even had a couple of presidents who played with their names in this manner: Stephen G. Cleveland and Thomas W. Wilson (Calvin Cooledge, OTOH, didn't monkey with it - his father, John Calvin Cooledge III or IV, I forget which, decided that enough was enough and gave his kid a break).
Where was I? Oh, yeah, Mitt is another middle-namer, but his stupidity goes deeper than that, as his antics during his recent visit to Israel proves.
Generally, when I see a name like this I assume its owner had simply parted his name on the side, i.e., dropped his first name. This isn't always so - Hunter S. Thompson, for example. This isn't strictly an American habit - Queen (Alexandrina) Victoria and her son King (Albert) Edward VII come to mind. We've even had a couple of presidents who played with their names in this manner: Stephen G. Cleveland and Thomas W. Wilson (Calvin Cooledge, OTOH, didn't monkey with it - his father, John Calvin Cooledge III or IV, I forget which, decided that enough was enough and gave his kid a break).
Where was I? Oh, yeah, Mitt is another middle-namer, but his stupidity goes deeper than that, as his antics during his recent visit to Israel proves.
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