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February 25 2008

Happy Birthday to Michael Fairman. Known to the fandom as "Niska" from Firefly.

micro | Cast&Crew | 20:35 CET | 9 comments total | tags:

A lot of Pisces going on in the Whedonverse. Ah, Mr. Fairman, we'll always have our dinner during the Browncoat Cruise. You are a generous man and a delight. Happy, happy birthday to you.

Tonya J | February 25, 20:46 CET

Such a nice nice man - and so delighted in the fandom. Happy birthday, sir!

Lioness | February 25, 22:21 CET

Yes, Happy Birthday, Michael! :)

It was a delight to meet you and your family on the BC Cruise. You are truly a member of Our Browncoat Family, and we wish you well. Here's hoping you dance on your Birthday like you did on the Cruise lol !

TDBrown | February 25, 22:36 CET

Happy Birthday, Michael. He was totally an adorable man on the Cruise. His dance of joy was awesome.

[ edited by crazygolfa on 2008-02-25 22:56 ]

crazygolfa | February 26, 01:55 CET

YAY! I met Michael briefly at Serenity Infinity! He was, as everyone else says, a very lovely man! Happy Birthday!

bubblecat | February 26, 02:04 CET

Happy birthday Mr Fairman, many more.

(and thanks for one of the more memorable villains in recent TV, kind of like your favourite uncle but with more torture ;)

Saje | February 26, 02:36 CET

What Saje said, verbatim :)

Ghalev | February 26, 08:45 CET

My son told me that the name "Adlai Niska" is a Russian equivalent for the name "Shepherd Book". Do any Russian speakers have any insight on this? I've no idea where he got this, so I thought I'd ask here (Or has this been discussed and I'm just way late to the party?).

Anna von Ovonov | February 26, 10:43 CET

Huh, I've never heard that one, Anna von Ovonov. My Russian's a bit rusty, but Adlai Niska doesn't sound at all russkiy to me . . . "Niska" could be a cognate of Russian "nizkiy," meaning "low," (thus also "base") but "adlai" isn't like any Russian word I know. The name always had more of a Polish or Slovak ring to my ears (and Michael's accent leaned more central than eastern european to me).

Perhaps a Russian native will tell us that "Adlai Niska" is a Baba Yaga-type figure from stories. Would be cool.

SoddingNancyTribe | February 26, 12:19 CET

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