required reading

[Tom Stanton]

> >     With regard to our friend TRP, I would say, natch, that he *doesn't*
> >     lack those traits, that he *does* have a plan, good organizational
> >     skills, etc. etc.  But I would venture to guess that serendipity,
> >     synchronicity and chance all play larger roles in his writings than
> >     we, the adoring public, think they do

> Isn't there a story about someone rhapsodizing about a GR design element
> that was not TRP's doing in the slightest?
> davemarc

Yup. The 5 squares used to set off various sections were supposedly
film sproket holes and used to support a cinematic approach to GR.
As I recall, the 5 squares were a simple typographic device used
by the publisher & had no meaning at all.