Sex & the Swastika

[Henry Musikar]

You must be right. Geli Raubal prolly never crossed Pynch's knowledgable 
mind. A-& think of all the other (even slightly) famous Gelis in history. 
Why theres...

>From: rj <rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au>
>Reply-To: rjackson at mail.usyd.edu.au
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Sex & the Swastika
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:37:49 -0600
>
>hm
> > Kinda hard to believe that Pynchon chose the name Geli without thinking 
>of
> > Geli Raubal.
>
>As a diminutive of Angelica (and with the connotation of "Angel" that
>dave meury points out) I'd say it was common enough. There is absolutely
>nothing in the text to link Geli Tripping with Geli Raubal. Absolutely
>nothing. Echoes schmeckoes.
>
>best

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