# CKDexterHaven, is that you in the acknowledgments of Orson Card's 'Shadow Puppets'?

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**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623 "2003-02-17T14:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623/1 "2003-02-17T14:15:02Z")

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If so, what kind of suggestions did you provide to OSC?

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623/2 "2003-02-17T15:08:24Z")

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I was going to ask the same question before deciding that it might be uncomfortable for CK. Im not sure if OSC actually got permission to do this but I was slightly disturbed by the fact that he included both a real name and a screen name. I think i would feel a serious breach of privacy if my Real name and Screen name were published in conjuction in a book selling millions of copies.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623/3 "2003-02-17T15:55:47Z")

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I assumed he got permission, but you are right that he may not have. I’ll email CK, and this thread may be deleted if they feel that’s best.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623/4 "2003-02-18T13:10:30Z")

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Thanks for noticing and for the concern, **Revtim** , but that’s not me, it’s some other person named CK Dexter Haven. It’s a fairly common name, after all, there are probably dozens of people coincidentally with the same name. There was a famous _Philadelphia_ socialite by that name, too, but that’s another _Story_…

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ckdexterhaven-is-that-you-in-the-acknowledgments-of-orson-cards-shadow-puppets/155623/5 "2003-02-18T13:44:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \*  
> \*\*that’s not me… \*\*

Sez you, **Vicki** sweetcheeks.