Talk:Alpha Ralpha Boulevard

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"All plot summary"[edit]

I've removed the Template:all plot tag that MinorStoop added at the head of the article. Yes, there is a detailed plot summary; yes, it is longer than the lede. But the lede is not cursory: it discusses the story, some of its influences, and its place in Smith's oeuvre in some depth. Please {{Ping}} me to discuss. --Thnidu (talk) 06:00, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The group[edit]

Presumably there is a connection to the progressive rock group Alpha Ralpha? 99.238.167.214 (talk) 21:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that both the group and Cordwainer Smith got the name from the physicist Ralph Alpher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Asher_Alpher) of the Alpher, Bethe, Gamow paper 86.176.179.103 (talk) 17:23, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]