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[David L. Pelovitz]

Don Larrson wrote:

> BTW, since Aaron signs off with a quote from Garcia Marquez, does anyone know
> if GGM has mentioned reading Conrad's NOSTROMO before writing ONE HUNDRED
> YEARS OF SOLITUDE?  There are some remarkable parallels (as well as profound
> differences) between the two.  And just to take us back to movies, note the
> names of the space freighter in the first ALIEN film and its escape pod--
> the Nostromo and the Sulaco (setting for Conrad's novel)!

Although not specifically a reference to Nostromo, consider
the relationship between the Company in the Alien movies
to the ship's crews and the company for which Marlowe
works.  I suspect someone involved in writing Alien was a
big Conrad reader.
	
David Pelovitz - PELOVTZD at Acfcluster.nyu.edu