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[edit] February 2007

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[edit] Adding Otto van Hoek to list of characters on Cryptonomicon

Hi,

I removed Otto van Hoek from the list of characters in the World War II part of Cryptonomicon, which you subsequently reverted saying that he appears in the novel but is never named. Could you elaborate on this? Which unnamed character do you believe he is?

The novel does have a character named Otto (Otto Kivistik – Julieta's uncle) who captains the ship Gertrude, but there is no reason to suppose that this is the same person as the 18th century character in the Baroque Cycle novels. If you have no other information to support this connection, then the name should be removed from the page. --James 07:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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