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− *The name Billy Wolfson for a character in the novel may have been inspired by Barry Wolfson, a real-life person. Billy Wolfson appears in [[Michael A. Stackpole]]'s debut [[BattleTech]] novel where [[Maximilian Liao]] also makes an appearance. Within the "About the author" section in the back of the book, Stackpole writes he based Maximilian Liao's character on real-life politician [[w:Evan Mecham|Evan Mecham]], a controversial governor of [[w:Arizona|Arizona]] from 1987 to 1988. One of Mecham's more prominent scandals involved failing to report a $350,000 loan from real estate developer Barry Wolfson, whose name may thus have been the inspiration for the name of Billy Wolfson's character in the novel. + *The name Billy Wolfson for a character in the novel may have been inspired by Barry Wolfson, a real-life person. Billy Wolfson appears in [[Michael A. Stackpole]]'s debut [[BattleTech]] novel where [[Maximilian Liao]] also makes an appearance. Within the "About the author" section in the back of the book, Stackpole writes he based Maximilian Liao's character on real-life politician [[w:Evan Mecham|Evan Mecham]], a controversial governor of [[w:Arizona|Arizona]] from 1987 to 1988. One of Mecham's more prominent scandals involved failing to report a $350,000 loan from real-estate developer Barry Wolfson, whose name may thus have been the inspiration for the name of Billy Wolfson's character in the novel.
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− | *The name Billy Wolfson for a character in the novel may have been inspired by Barry Wolfson, a real-life person. Billy Wolfson appears in [[Michael A. Stackpole]]'s debut [[BattleTech]] novel where [[Maximilian Liao]] also makes an appearance. Within the "About the author" section in the back of the book, Stackpole writes he based Maximilian Liao's character on real-life politician [[w:Evan Mecham|Evan Mecham]], a controversial governor of [[w:Arizona|Arizona]] from 1987 to 1988. One of Mecham's more prominent scandals involved failing to report a $350,000 loan from real estate developer Barry Wolfson, whose name may thus have been the inspiration for the name of Billy Wolfson's character in the novel. | + | *The name Billy Wolfson for a character in the novel may have been inspired by Barry Wolfson, a real-life person. Billy Wolfson appears in [[Michael A. Stackpole]]'s debut [[BattleTech]] novel where [[Maximilian Liao]] also makes an appearance. Within the "About the author" section in the back of the book, Stackpole writes he based Maximilian Liao's character on real-life politician [[w:Evan Mecham|Evan Mecham]], a controversial governor of [[w:Arizona|Arizona]] from 1987 to 1988. One of Mecham's more prominent scandals involved failing to report a $350,000 loan from real-estate developer Barry Wolfson, whose name may thus have been the inspiration for the name of Billy Wolfson's character in the novel. |
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