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None of these are real people, but they're believably real, to the point a couple actually turned out to look a little like someone I know. Not bad for a bunch of people who are supposed to be dead. The clues mentioned? I didn't really expect anyone to catch them -- they're deliberately obscure. For one thing, there's the out of date clothing and hair cuts. More specifically, everyone is wearing a different name tag from a convention from decades ago. The inebriated sot in the upper scene is wearing the costume from Beatlejuice even. Another clue is the art on the wall -- an imitation of a well known fan artist from the 1950's, now deceased. And there's the long defunct fanzines people are reading, and the box of books by dead writers. The guy with the box is even wearing a Casper the Ghost t-shirt. Boy, are you dumb if you didn't get any of those *dead-give-aways*! ; )
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Yeah, I meant Henry Kuttner, but mispelled it. I could be a wise-guy and say I meant Lewis Padget though...
Piper is H. Beam. Mind you, I like Kuttner, but only found a couple of Piper's books very good. He was rediscovered sometime in the late 70's, but by the mercenary block of fandom that hung around Pournelle, Dickson, and some others. Personally I thought Piper's books other than the Little Fuzzy ones were uttery run of the mill, and Lord Kevin or whatever to be a piece of crap. (The scene in which all the Time Troopers stand at attention for the passing of a Pennsylvania Highway cop was so laughable I had to wonder if the novel wasn't a subtle parody of that sort of mentallity.)
So why did I pick Piper if I didn't like him? Well, he has one overwhelming virtue -- he was dead. And his name was reasonably after K in the alphabet.
Apologies in advance if it turns out you're a huge Piper fan.
Piper is H. Beam. Mind you, I like Kuttner, but only found a couple of Piper's books very good. He was rediscovered sometime in the late 70's, but by the mercenary block of fandom that hung around Pournelle, Dickson, and some others. Personally I thought Piper's books other than the Little Fuzzy ones were uttery run of the mill, and Lord Kevin or whatever to be a piece of crap. (The scene in which all the Time Troopers stand at attention for the passing of a Pennsylvania Highway cop was so laughable I had to wonder if the novel wasn't a subtle parody of that sort of mentallity.)
So why did I pick Piper if I didn't like him? Well, he has one overwhelming virtue -- he was dead. And his name was reasonably after K in the alphabet.
Apologies in advance if it turns out you're a huge Piper fan.
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