Gregory Pelton, also known as Elephant, is a famous, extremely wealthy Flatlander heir. He is a descendant of the inventor of the transfer booth.[1]
He is described as looking like a cross between Zeus and an angry bulldog. He keeps a short, carefully maintained black beard and has broad shoulders and a broad belly that make him look massive rather than fat. He has shaggy black hair and eyebrows and his undyed skin is a light tan color. He is shorter than Beowulf Shaeffer. While on Earth he has been known to adopt the Flatlander fashion of dying your skin, irises and hair.[1]
His nickname, Elephant, was given to him by friends Dianna or Sharrol Janss due to their similar physical attributes.[1]
He met Beowulf Shaeffer while on a flight from Jinx to Earth in 2546[2]. They later mounted an expedition together to a protosun orbited by a strange planet on information provided by the Outsiders in Gregory's quest to be the first at something and achieved immortality through remembrance. The expedition did not go quite as he expected but did achieve several firsts of their kind, including the first known stance of a General Products hull being disintegrated due to antimatter interactions and the first televised bombardment of an antimatter world.[1]
He has a house in the Rocky Mountains with its own private transfer booth.[1]
He has been trained as a space pilot and has ridden ground cars. He is not comfortable in the presence of aliens.[1]
Appears on[]
- Flatlander
- Grendel (Mentioned only)
- The Borderland of Sol (Mentioned only)
- Juggler of Worlds
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Neutron Star (Collection), Flatlander
- ↑ Official Timeline at Larryniven.net