Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Henry (character name)

Having kicked this off with a post on the famous Case/Cayce connection, the first part of Case's name reminded me that Henry has also popped up several times in Gibson's work.

Henry Dorsett Case; male protagonist of Neuromancer

Slick Henry; male protagonist of one of the main story arcs of Mona Lisa Overdrive

Hollis Henry; female protagonist of Spook Country and Zero History

Henry; male background character mentioned in Count Zero

"Wish I'd got some. Every time Henry sees you dance, he won't let me alone ..." She laughed, and refilled Bobby's cup from a black plastic thermos."
Henry; male tattoo artist in Virtual Light

"There was a knock at the door. It opened a crack, and somebody, not the man who jingled when he walked, said: 'You having any luck picking a design? Henry's gone home...'"


The name also shows up in Pattern Recognition in a reference to an actual place.

Henry Africa's; Roppongi expat bar from Pattern Recognition. It's a real place.
"...Shabby, it turns out, after a twenty−minute wander, orienting to the napkin, and at one point spotting Henry Africa's in the distance, that expat bar she remembers, though that's not where she's heading..."

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