GRGR1: Discussion opener for section 1

Paul Murphy paul.murphy at utoronto.ca
Thu Sep 26 03:36:49 CDT 1996


Craig Clark wrote:

> There's probably a link here to the "William Slothrop" section later,
> where TRP considers the possibility that William was the set of
> points from which America got onto the wrong set of tracks, fucking
> up the preterite in the rest of the world in the name of preserving
> the privileges of the Elect...

Yes, I was thinking about his passage. Also, balefully, the passage in 
Berlin about Hindenburg saying 'fuck it', bringing about Rosa 
Luxemburg's election. But we'll get there eventually...
Cheers,
Paul



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