Talk:Lucifer's Hammer

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[edit] postman

the article in "playgrounds of the mind" which details the writing of "Lucifer's Hammer" writes of the postman 'Harry' was he the inspriation for the "The Postman" story and movie with Kevin Costner? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.50.112 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 9 July 2006

I would guess no: wouldn't expect N&P to swap yarns with David Brin. —Tamfang 00:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] real people

Would it be worth mentioning that many of the characters are based on real people? Tim Hamner-Brown, for example, is said to be Niven himself. —Tamfang 00:26, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Although this is true, Mark Czescu (I may have the spelling wrong) is apparently based on his friend Frank Gasperik, Tim Hamner is someone different from Brown. Brown is a boy who co-discovered the comet at the same time as Hamner, thus the reason the comet is named Hamner-Brown. Now if Brown is based on Niven as a child or adolscent, I don't know. Same with Hamner with regards to Niven as an adult. 76.178.105.2 13:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Er, yes, I meant Tim Hamner, misremembered the name is all. Hamner is prominent in the story, Brown is not, if memory serves. —Tamfang 04:31, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Question: why is the destruction of Los Angeles equated with the fall of civilization? CharlesTheBold (talk) 05:21, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Larry lived in LA at the time 8-) chrisboote (talk) 14:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

The story also mentions in passing, if I remember right, that a strike in the Gulf of Mexico makes a flood up to Missouri, and that China is nuked by the USSR. —Tamfang (talk) 16:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)