(kein Betreff)

[David Morris]

>From: Jeremy
>
>David Morris wrote:
>
> > Mario Schweitar tries to sell him some in Zurich, (260.30) but there's 
>no
> > indication that Slothrop has any idea what it is.
>
>Funny, I got the impression he did know what it was -- the way he sort of 
>got
>his hackles up. He said something like "hey, that stands for pounds 
>shillings
>and pence" -- seemed to me like a kinda hip way of saying he was not
>interested. I see how this could be a misreading; but if he hadn't any idea
>what it was I would have expected a response more on the order of "huh?"
>
>Jeremy

I know it's useless trying to insist on any "realism" with this scene, but 
how many people had any idea there was any such thing as LSD back then?  
Only a very small cognocenti, some of whom may have been black-marketeers.  
Would even an Harvard-educated GI have been amongst those in the know?

Just askin'
DM

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