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Old June 1st, 2002, 12:38 AM
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Default Re: Collaboration: SciFi and Fantasy character names

"Paul Bunyan" is correct; the other spelling is a mistake. Other figures from American folklore would be:

Pecos Bill
John Henry
Joe Magarac
Casey Jones
Johnny Appleseed

but some of those don't fit the hero characteristics you wanted very well.

"The Starlost" premiered in 1975, had Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova among the writers, and starred Keir Dullea (Dave Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey).

"Ark II" premiered in 1976, and had little else to recommend it that I recall.
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