mae@milo.UUCP (09/24/84)
--- Chris Wayne @ UNM >> About her first name, I know of "Penda" & "Nyota". As to which is >> "official" if either, who knows? What's wrong with "Penda" being her first >> name and "Nyota" being her middle? This would be kind of like how Sulu got >> his name of Walter Hikuro Sulu. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) > Until I read this, I'd never seen any reference to Uhura having the first name > "Penda" or Sulu having the first name "Walter". Where did these names come from? > And by the way, it's "Hikaru". Penda Uhura and Walter Sulu are the established names used in Trek fan fiction. I don't know who originated either one (though for some reason I think George Takai picked Walter), but I have seen both in numerous fanzines. The pro writers ignored, or most likely didn't know about, this convention. Since the pro novels are more widely known, the names they pick are probably more likely to turn up in a movie, if they ever want first names for these characters. Personally, I've read better stories in fanzines than most of the Trek novels. Mary Anne Espenshade ...seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!mae