Posted by Terry Doyle on December 02, 1997 at 07:29:54:
In Reply to: Does Araminta Drink Blue Ruin? posted by Rodger Whitlock on November 26, 1997 at 09:49:56:
: Okay fellow Vance lovers! You've been great at figuring out what "Blue Ruin" is.
: But who or what is Araminta?
: Vance has used the name "Araminta" in various capacities for a long time. Not as often as "Blue Ruin", perhaps.
: I took the time and trouble to look the name up on the web using Altavista, and was inundated with genealogy websites:
"Araminta" was a popular
: female name during the 19th century, it seems.
: But who is the Araminta in Jack Vance's life? Any knowledge? Any guesses?
Roger,
If you mean real life, who's who in Vance's life, you've got me and little enough is known about that topic. Fictionally it's at least part of a title in the Cadwal trilogy, but, if memory serves, also the name of an overbearing female in novel that escapes me at the moment. Those with more little grey cells may have other references in the fiction and I'd welcome any info on who or what Araminta might have been.
Terry