Chap 17, "the eponymous organ...", read past Spoiler

still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made traveler at afn.org
Wed May 21 17:11:12 CDT 1997


On Wed, 21 May 1997, Eric Alan Weinstein wrote:

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> Having just finished, last Friday, a first read of Mason and Dixon,
> I decided not to read the whole book again right away.  I've decided
> instead to come back to a dozen moments in the book which
> I found moving, powerful, strange, enchanting. 
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>  I'd like to know if anyone else had a strong personal reaction 
> to the episode of  Jenkin's Ear?

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I'm not sure I follow all your comments, but I did think that the Jenkins'
Ear museum scene was for me perhaps the most powerfully ominous in the
novel.  Wow!  How surreal...

Max

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