"Halting State" by Charles Stross the Signifigance of Barnaby and Reed

[jeffreyab]

I am just finishing this wonderful book and I wonder if anyone else knows of a connection between the names of two of the main viewpoint characters Barnaby and Reed?

I am so familiar with the context between these two names that it kept throwing me off the reading thread, although thankfully the great story kept pulling me back on.

Also the constant stream of WOW ideas.

Charlie is a international writing treasure that must be preserved.

Comments

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence.

Still since you surprised me with the Crowley, Fuller and Mosley connection I can never be sure.

You could have been Tuckerizing.

[autopope.livejournal.com]

It has been known to happen.

My current Tuckerization headache is that I'm supposed to be putting marykaykare of this parish into a novel -- IIRC it was for the Mike Ford charity auction -- and her name is notable enough that I'm going to find it bloody hard to sneak her past without it being obtrusive.