GRGR(6) Discussion Opener

Craig Clark CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA
Wed Dec 4 09:14:41 CST 1996


The question was asked:
> 20) Who is Rosie's "most famous compatriot" and what would make the staff
> "swear they've seen him crawling headfirst down the north facade"?

Paul Mackin suggested:
>Bela Lugosi who played Count Dracula.

I think Paul's gone one step too far, though this IS the novel where 
PISCES invent the Schwartzkommando only to find that it does exist... 
Surely Rosie's most famous compatriot is the Original Count Himself?

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"



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