A terrible time

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 12 11:42:58 CST 2000


>From: "Terrance F. Flaherty" [snip] And who has come to offer Slothrop a
>way out? Why it is Enzian.

Slothrop, in the basement, before following that earthy aroma to the root 
shelter where Rocketman is born, "remembers" having earlier met Enzian 
again:

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(360.39)Because it seems a while back they did meet again by the reedy edge 
of a marsh south of the capital.  Unshaven, sweating, stinking Rocketman 
[...]
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Here he's got the title before it's actually given him in that pregnant 
moment.  Is this a memory, fantasy?  Is this the first usage of the 
"Rocketman" title?

DM
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