Talk:Louis Wu

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[edit] Oriental Appearance?

Louis is described in Ringworld as he is preparing to depart Earth (and therefore eliminating the body paints, hair dies, and other cosmetic elements of Earth culture) as losing the mandarin eyes and oriental skin color for his natural, and Earth-typical, mixed-race appearance. Recommend updating the description of his appearance to reflect that he is known to cosmetically appear oriental but his natural appearance is mixed-race. Also, owing to his difficult relationship with ARM post-Ringworld in Ringworld Engineers, he is likely to be disguised in both appearance and habit when in society. Kcarlin 05:50, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation and Re-Org

This article needs quite a bit of reorganization. I suggest breaking it into at least two sections: Wu's parents and the circumstances of his birth and early childhood, and his life in Known Space and expiditions to Ringworld. I haven't read Niven for many years so I would defer this job to someone more up-to-date. But whoever takes on the task, please include a note that Louis is pronounced in the French style, "LOO-ee", not the Anglicized "LOO-is" (as pointed out in TRE.) Dpiranha 01:17, 18 October 2007 (UTC)