boyajian@akov75.DEC (11/04/84)
> From: orca!davidl (David D. Levine) > My best guess is that Fol, the god of Distortion, is Phil Foglio (pronounced > "folio"). Foglio, winner of three (?) Fan Artist hugos, is a cartoonist and > caricaturist, ergo a god of distortion. At the time THE FLYING SORCERERS was published (let alone written) --- 1971 --- Phil was a minor (in the sense of "not very well known") artist, if he was even doing anything at that time. The chances that he would be so honored in TFS is *extremely* unlikely. > The balloon "Cathawk" and the statement "The Cathawk has landed" seem to > imply some kinship with the Eagle of Apollo 11. (How soon they forget) Obviously, the "has landed" bit is a reference to Apollo 11, but the Cathawk business is a reference to Kitty Hawk. Remember the characters of Wilville and Orbur? > As far as anyone I know has ever determined, there is no fannish meaning to > the names Shoogar and Lant,... If I remember correctly, Larry Niven's wife had mentioned in a fanzine once that Shoogar is definitely *not* a reference to anyone in particular. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA