MCGRATH%OZ.AI.MIT.EDU@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU@caip.RUTGERS.EDU (01/26/86)
From: "Jim McGrath" <MCGRATH%OZ.AI.MIT.EDU@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU> From: hamachi@KIM (Gordon Hamachi) What happened to the character named Robert Anson? ... Although I do not believe it was mentioned explicitly, I am sure that Robert Anson died (probably of heart failure). As with many of the charaters in the book ("Curtis Wade" is really Pournelle (he writes his spy/adventure novels under that name), Robert Anson was really Robert Heinlein, who also has a bad heart. Jim -------
barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan) (01/27/86)
> Jim: ...As with many of the > charaters in [_Footfall_] ("Curtis Wade" is really Pournelle (he writes > his spy/adventure novels under that name), Robert Anson was really > Robert Heinlein, who also has a bad heart. Excuse my rampant ignorance -- such is the condition of life -- but, any clues on who the others were? (Send spoilers direct, please -- I can post a summary.) Thanks in advance, Barb