In message 00d301c187cf$177973a0$2480590c@dshilling, Dana Shilling dshilling@worldnet.att.net writes
Julia said:
In fact the last four books in the Marian Larch series all feature hacker Curt Holland, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Avon. A deliberate uncanny resemblance by the time of Full Frontal Murder, so there is a B7 connection other than the names.
Except that they both have dark hair and neither of them is likely to be elected president of the Rotary Club any time soon, I don't see the resemblance myself. Pause for a moment to recollect that in Holland's first appearance in the series he is an *FBI agent*--and his girlfriend Marian Larch is a homicide detective. I suppose it could be argued that Anna was something of the sort, but Avon didn't know that.
A professional hacker who has been blackmailed into joining the FBI after being caught hacking into bank accounts...
There are actually a lot of points of resemblance - Pat and Sarah did nice essays on the subject which are on the Holland/Avon page, so I won't repeat it. And yes, I go with the "evil Kirk avatar" theory for the other potential avatar in the first book. (Did any of the Avon-without-guilt group actually ask Barbara about him?) And by _Full Frontal Murder_ Holland's a deliberate avatar, and his experiences in that book show distinct signs of the author having spent too much time with certain Citizens:-)