Biographia Literaria: "MBR" (partial, 2020)

[Jeffrey Rubard]

A list of *noms de plume* not actually corresponding to the legal name of a resident of the US or elsewhere, lightly "annotated". (You *always* draw your own conclusions.)

Frank Tallis
Jeffrey Lent
John Wray
Jamie Ford
Jeff Noon (s)
Philip Hensher
Abdelrahman Munif
Adam Rapp
Russell Rowland
John A. Heldt
Patrick Ness
Frank Tallis
Andy Weir
Liu Cixin
Scott Reynolds Nelson (s)
Ted Widmer
Paul S. MacDonald
Manuel De Landa
Felipe Alfau
Gerard Lebrun
Quentin Meillassoux (s)
Stathis Kouvelakis (s)
Laszlo Kraznahorkai (s)
Kojin Karatani (s)
Denis McManus (v)
Jeff Malpas (s)
Detlev Claussen (v?)
David Leavitt (? not Parlett)
Joseph Carroll
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Joshua Cohen
Ian Bell
John Roberts (no "T.")
John Divers
David W. Blight (v)
Randall Collins (v)
Edward Rutherfurd (v)
Wayne Johnston (s)
Michael Dobbs (v)
David Preistland ("anti-communism")
Goran Therborn (umlaut optional, s)
John Ferling
Robert W. Merry

(No scientists in this list.)

[Jeffrey Rubard]

Post by Jeffrey Rubard
A list of *noms de plume* not actually corresponding to the legal name of a resident of the US or elsewhere, lightly "annotated". (You *always* draw your own conclusions.)
Frank Tallis
Jeffrey Lent
John Wray
Jamie Ford
Jeff Noon (s)
Philip Hensher
Abdelrahman Munif
Adam Rapp
Russell Rowland
John A. Heldt
Patrick Ness
Frank Tallis
Andy Weir
Liu Cixin
Scott Reynolds Nelson (s)
Ted Widmer
Paul S. MacDonald
Manuel De Landa
Felipe Alfau
Gerard Lebrun
Quentin Meillassoux (s)
Stathis Kouvelakis (s)
Laszlo Kraznahorkai (s)
Kojin Karatani (s)
Denis McManus (v)
Jeff Malpas (s)
Detlev Claussen (v?)
David Leavitt (? not Parlett)
Joseph Carroll
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Joshua Cohen
Ian Bell
John Roberts (no "T.")
John Divers
David W. Blight (v)
Randall Collins (v)
Edward Rutherfurd (v)
Wayne Johnston (s)
Michael Dobbs (v)
David Preistland ("anti-communism")
Goran Therborn (umlaut optional, s)
John Ferling
Robert W. Merry
(No scientists in this list.)

Obviously, being a literary personage of this magnitude would be "payment enough".
"The life of a poet makes one's sequins grow fewer", said Goethe, and he wasn't talking about costumes.

Jeffrey Rubard

[Jeffrey Rubard]

Post by Jeffrey Rubard

Post by Jeffrey Rubard
A list of *noms de plume* not actually corresponding to the legal name of a resident of the US or elsewhere, lightly "annotated". (You *always* draw your own conclusions.)
Frank Tallis
Jeffrey Lent
John Wray
Jamie Ford
Jeff Noon (s)
Philip Hensher
Abdelrahman Munif
Adam Rapp
Russell Rowland
John A. Heldt
Patrick Ness
Frank Tallis
Andy Weir
Liu Cixin
Scott Reynolds Nelson (s)
Ted Widmer
Paul S. MacDonald
Manuel De Landa
Felipe Alfau
Gerard Lebrun
Quentin Meillassoux (s)
Stathis Kouvelakis (s)
Laszlo Kraznahorkai (s)
Kojin Karatani (s)
Denis McManus (v)
Jeff Malpas (s)
Detlev Claussen (v?)
David Leavitt (? not Parlett)
Joseph Carroll
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Joshua Cohen
Ian Bell
John Roberts (no "T.")
John Divers
David W. Blight (v)
Randall Collins (v)
Edward Rutherfurd (v)
Wayne Johnston (s)
Michael Dobbs (v)
David Preistland ("anti-communism")
Goran Therborn (umlaut optional, s)
John Ferling
Robert W. Merry
(No scientists in this list.)

Obviously, being a literary personage of this magnitude would be "payment enough".
"The life of a poet makes one's sequins grow fewer", said Goethe, and he wasn't talking about costumes.
Jeffrey Rubard

"That's not how it works at all."
I guess one has got to accept this: after all, the real author behind "Patrick Ness" was probably deeply pissed for a sec.
Furthermore, what if there's really no "Quentin Meillassoux" at all, like it's a "committee"?

[Jeffrey Rubard]

Post by Jeffrey Rubard

Post by Jeffrey Rubard

Post by Jeffrey Rubard
A list of *noms de plume* not actually corresponding to the legal name of a resident of the US or elsewhere, lightly "annotated". (You *always* draw your own conclusions.)
Frank Tallis
Jeffrey Lent
John Wray
Jamie Ford
Jeff Noon (s)
Philip Hensher
Abdelrahman Munif
Adam Rapp
Russell Rowland
John A. Heldt
Patrick Ness
Frank Tallis
Andy Weir
Liu Cixin
Scott Reynolds Nelson (s)
Ted Widmer
Paul S. MacDonald
Manuel De Landa
Felipe Alfau
Gerard Lebrun
Quentin Meillassoux (s)
Stathis Kouvelakis (s)
Laszlo Kraznahorkai (s)
Kojin Karatani (s)
Denis McManus (v)
Jeff Malpas (s)
Detlev Claussen (v?)
David Leavitt (? not Parlett)
Joseph Carroll
Peter Godfrey-Smith
Joshua Cohen
Ian Bell
John Roberts (no "T.")
John Divers
David W. Blight (v)
Randall Collins (v)
Edward Rutherfurd (v)
Wayne Johnston (s)
Michael Dobbs (v)
David Preistland ("anti-communism")
Goran Therborn (umlaut optional, s)
John Ferling
Robert W. Merry
(No scientists in this list.)

Obviously, being a literary personage of this magnitude would be "payment enough".
"The life of a poet makes one's sequins grow fewer", said Goethe, and he wasn't talking about costumes.
Jeffrey Rubard

"That's not how it works at all."
I guess one has got to accept this: after all, the real author behind "Patrick Ness" was probably deeply pissed for a sec.
Furthermore, what if there's really no "Quentin Meillassoux" at all, like it's a "committee"?

2022 Update: Any of this hold up?