Tinasky TRP? (was Dharma)

Penny Padgett padgett at telestream.com
Thu Sep 18 18:22:46 CDT 1997


Hi all,

Oliver Xymoron writes, anent the Wanda Tinasky authorship question:

>I think the hoax explanation is a lot less likely than the genuine article
>having a little fun - razors, Occam, &c. 

I must agree.  I also like the notion that Wanda's presence in the Mendocino 
area was just as ghost-like, almost-perceived, as TRP's is in the world;
the only evidence, in the final analysis, is on paper.

I don't have my copy of the Letters to hand, but I don't recall anything
that struck me as abusive or hateful.  It might have been editorial
influence, but I had the sense that anyone that Wanda took potshots at 
rather deserved it. 

> "So, logically, if she weighs the same as a duck.."

"Personally, whenever I see one of those 'Question Authority' bumper
stickers, I always write 'Why?' on it."  -- Wanda Tinasky

Penny



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