Getting it

Paul Mackin mackin at allware.com
Thu Jun 6 08:14:40 CDT 1996


Bonnie Surfus (ENG) wrote:

> Um.  I never quite "got" that Slothrop left the map "lying around" to
> raise the suspicions of the Firm. Not that this doesn't make sense,but
> it does alter my perception of, well, the whole novel.  At least, it
> makes Slothrop less of a dupe and more of a clever conniver (although
> wrongdoing here, is not implied, on my part).


McHoul and Will also present a reading in which SLOTHROP IS THE ONE
WHO IS PARANOID, but it was too long to type in.

Bonnie, have you been pulling our collective leg lately?

Have been spending a lot of time in the sun (sailing) and may be a
little groggy. The weather over the Chesapeake Bay has been so excellent
this week.

				P.





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