Timeline for Is Schönweiser, the author of the quote on religion in "The Screwfly Solution", a real person?
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| Sep 19, 2021 at 11:59 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 19, 2021 at 11:51 | comment | added | JRE | The author may have just picked the name to sound fancy, though. | |
| Sep 19, 2021 at 11:50 | comment | added | JRE | Schönweiser has a specific meaning, at least in German as spoken in Austria. A rough translation would be "bearer of useful gifts." It is used to refer to guests at a wedding who give the couple practical things that they will need or can use. If the author knew that meaning, then it could be a sort of bilingual pun - Schönweiser in the story seems to be delivering a (useful) clue to help things along. Outside of that, I found several people with published works by the name of Schönweiser. | |
| Sep 19, 2021 at 10:44 | history | answered | Valorum | CC BY-SA 4.0 |