Kickoff of M&D Grand Tour

andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk
Mon Apr 28 16:06:00 CDT 1997


Paul DiFilippo writes:

> 2)  The dedication:  "For Melanie, and for Jackson".  Strictly
> sic here.  Now, unriddle this one.  Does "Jackson" cynically
> equal 40's hepster slang for "money"?  Why split Melanie Jackson's
> name into two parts, if that is indeed what's been done?

Jackson Pynchon is son to TRP and Melanie Jackson (or is that Jackson
Pynchon-Jackson? . . . or maybe Jackson Jackson-Pynchon? . . . ok, ok,
what about Ruggles Jackson-Pynchon? . . . ).


Andrew Dinn
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