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It should be mentioned that Dan Forrestal, a prominent character in Lucifer's Hammer, is Dan Alderson; but I wouldn't know how to document it. — Tamfang 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
This isn't exactly a tuckerism -- to be a tuckerism the character would have to be named Dan Alderson. I think you could put it into the article. If challenged, just say how you know, e.g. personal conversation with Jerry Pournelle or article in Apa L. Rick Norwood 13:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Alderson did not write science fiction himself ... He mentioned to me one or two Known Space stories that he had at least sketched in his mind, but I don't know if he ever put anything on paper. The one I remember was about Tnuctip politics. — Tamfang 20:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
He once remarked to me that it was unrealistic that in Mote the Alderson Drive and Alderson Point have the same name; it's implausible that the same person should discover the Point and how to use it. — Tamfang 06:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Did he like tacos? — Tamfang ( talk) 21:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
At October 31#Births he's described as a "scientist and academic", which puzzles me a bit. — Tamfang ( talk) 07:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Dan was a scientist working for JPL, but never an academic. The article still has the information that he was a scientist who worked for JPL, so there is no problem with the edit mentioned above. Rick Norwood ( talk) 10:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
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It should be mentioned that Dan Forrestal, a prominent character in Lucifer's Hammer, is Dan Alderson; but I wouldn't know how to document it. — Tamfang 00:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
This isn't exactly a tuckerism -- to be a tuckerism the character would have to be named Dan Alderson. I think you could put it into the article. If challenged, just say how you know, e.g. personal conversation with Jerry Pournelle or article in Apa L. Rick Norwood 13:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Alderson did not write science fiction himself ... He mentioned to me one or two Known Space stories that he had at least sketched in his mind, but I don't know if he ever put anything on paper. The one I remember was about Tnuctip politics. — Tamfang 20:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
He once remarked to me that it was unrealistic that in Mote the Alderson Drive and Alderson Point have the same name; it's implausible that the same person should discover the Point and how to use it. — Tamfang 06:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Did he like tacos? — Tamfang ( talk) 21:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
At October 31#Births he's described as a "scientist and academic", which puzzles me a bit. — Tamfang ( talk) 07:19, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
Dan was a scientist working for JPL, but never an academic. The article still has the information that he was a scientist who worked for JPL, so there is no problem with the edit mentioned above. Rick Norwood ( talk) 10:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
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