There was this cyberpunk thriller from a few years back called "Snow Crash" where this hacker/samurai delivered pizzas for the mob (Costa Nostra Pizza Co.) where he had to deliver pizzas in 30 minutes, otherwise the don had to personally deliver a free pizza to the customer -- and woe to the delivery boy who was late!
Anyway, the name of the main character was Hiro Protagonist. I don't know if I'm upset at how lazy a name that is, or if I'm miffed that I can't use it. Either way, I'm frustrated that I can't think of a good name for my main character in my novel (Writing begins Monday!). In this sci-fi space western action-adventure extravaganza, the hero is a combination of Ash, Zap Brannigan, Han Solo, Roger Wilco and Spaceman Spiff. The best name I could come up with is Spaceman Jones or Neptune Jim, but those both sound like I pulled them out of Uranus (hee hee!).
So, if one of my readers out there has any ideas (or all three of you) I'd welcome the input. If your idea gets used, you win a prize!
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My $0.02: I think Neptune Jim sounds cool.
'Z' always make me think of space and is a very under used letter. Something like Zoren or Kenzo or Zycron or Zeus (if he has a god complex).
Well, the name of the Hero is Boston Thomas. It will be part of a theme in the book. Wes wins the prize because of his help with the name, and Randy does two because Neptune Jim will also be a character.
So what is the prize, you ask? Planets! Randar 7 and Burrell's World will be actual places in a sci-fi space western action adventure extravaganza!
I also realize the truth of Jill's words -- Zap Brannigan, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Zoidburg and the Evil Emperor Zurg.
So at some point there will be a character named Zibray.
Thanks George, you rock.
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