WotF Finalists in Galaxy's Edge

Doodle sort of sucks as a nickname, but at least I'm not "Sexpot" or something else that would be hard to explain to my grandmother.

Well, if in search of a better nickname, the Gower peninsula in Wales is noted for the following:

The best known promontory in Gower is called 'Mumbles'.

The coastline of Gower is the scene of over 250 of these -'Shipwreck'

Since neither of these suggestions is exactly flattering, we could remind ourselves that John Gower, the poet, was a personal friend of the rather more famous Geoffrey Chaucer. He was a noted 'balladeer'.

Aqua is a new one. Mike's number two choice for my nick name was Semper Fi--which also would have been pretty cool.

'Aqua Marina' was the theme tune of the UK children's TV series 'Stingray' (1964 - 5) and the character Marina was a mute who could breathe under water. Stingray was a futuristic submarine and her crew had a variety of fantasy adventures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD96RQ1-wnY

(Princess) Marina (of Greece) was the most recent foreign princess to marry into the British royal family.

(Morris) Marina was a family car produced 1971-80.

Might I also suggest 'Hoo-ra!' ?

These helpful comments are probably as near as I'll get too Galaxy's Edge!

Awesome.

Mine is a family name. My great-grandmother who immigrated from England. I wonder if she was related to that poet Gower fellow....hmm. All she ever said was that she was related to nobility (but I think she made that up, like she did most everything else. I got her imagination).

But seriously, I've always wondered if I was related to John Gower. I passed Gower Street every day to get to school while living in London.

And you were none too far from Gower Street (aka Gower Gulch) LA recently?

Mine is a family name. My great-grandmother who immigrated from England. I wonder if she was related to that poet Gower fellow....hmm. All she ever said was that she was related to nobility (but I think she made that up, like she did most everything else. I got her imagination).

Gower is the family name of the Dukes of Sutherland and the Earls of Granville. It may also have some affinity with Gore apparently.

Mine is a family name. My great-grandmother who immigrated from England. I wonder if she was related to that poet Gower fellow....hmm. All she ever said was that she was related to nobility (but I think she made that up, like she did most everything else. I got her imagination).

But seriously, I've always wondered if I was related to John Gower. I passed Gower Street every day to get to school while living in London.

If you are I will have a major jealousy-fit. (Well, not really. But I'm not related to any cool medieval poets! Waah! And anyway I don't think you'd have much luck tracing geneaological records back to the 14th century.)

"Moral Gower" was ol' John's nickname/epithet in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, which he dedicated to the other poet (among others):

O moral Gower, this book I directe
To the and to the, philosophical Strode,
To vouchen sauf, ther nede is, to correcte,
Of youre benignites and zeles goode.

The poet is part of the reason I'm glad you went with "Gower" for your byline instead of your actual name.

I may or may not be a huge nerd. (Okay, I lie. I definitely am.)

You totally are a nerd, just like the rest of us, and resistance is futile.

I went with Gower for the shear literary echo of John Gower. It just sounds writerly. And it was a family name of someone I was close to growing up. She died right before Ieft for school in London....So I knew my Great-grandmother well into my early 20s.

And you were none too far from Gower Street (aka Gower Gulch) LA recently?

I did not know this. Here I explain I have little geographical knowledge. I think someone mentioned it to me while I was there, since it sounds familiar.

I think the best nickname I've come up with is for Maureen McHugh. Ever since she won the 1996 Hugo for a story I assigned her for one of my anthologies, she's been McHugo.

--- Mike

I think the best nickname I've come up with is for Maureen McHugh. Ever since she won the 1996 Hugo for a story I assigned her for one of my anthologies, she's been McHugo.

--- Mike

If it works the other way around, I humbly request you call me "Nebula Nick". Hell, why not "Nobel Nick"?

I think the best nickname I've come up with is for Maureen McHugh. Ever since she won the 1996 Hugo for a story I assigned her for one of my anthologies, she's been McHugo.

--- Mike

If it works the other way around, I humbly request you call me "Nebula Nick". Hell, why not "Nobel Nick"?

I think Nebula Nick would be better--it's more SFish and Nobel Nick sounds kinda British or like a character in a UF or Simon Green Nightside novel.

I think the best nickname I've come up with is for Maureen McHugh. Ever since she won the 1996 Hugo for a story I assigned her for one of my anthologies, she's been McHugo.

--- Mike

If it works the other way around, I humbly request you call me "Nebula Nick". Hell, why not "Nobel Nick"?

Clever!