intextuality

[Ted Samsel]

CC of ZA sez:
> 
> Christopher Tassava <ctass at suba.com> writes:
>  
> > For a much better take on this whole thing, see Don DeLillo's masterpiece 
> > novella (and alleged component of his next book), _Pafko at the Wall_, 
> > which features J. Edgar Hoover watching Jackie Gleason puke on Frank 
> > Sinatra while watching the third game of the 1950-something NL playoff 
> > between the Dodgers and Giants.  It's well worth finding the 10/92 
> > Harper's to read it.
> 
> By some miracle, I happened to be looking after a friend's place back 
> when this was published, and since he had a _Harper's_ subscription 
> (I've never seen it on sale in SA) I read this piece. It reminded me 
> of a fine piece of "alternate history" SF by Howard Waldrop called 
> "Ike at the Mike", a deeply touching account of President Elvis A. 
> Presley's feelings as he listens to famous rock'n'roll singer Ike 
> Eisenhower... 

I'm reading the second part of Vassily Aksomov's(sp) WINTER'S novel..
a long Russian familial saga... one of the characters is Lavrentii
Beria's (head of the CHEKA, and the NKVD, precursor to the KGB) finder
of young women for Beria's delectation.... a bit less "nice" than
Ike 'n' Elvis.... but then, in Ayn Rand's letters, one finds corres-
pondence between her and "The King of Twangy Guitar" Duane Eddy.

go figure...

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