MDMD(13): Fathers and sons

[RuudSaurins at aol.com]

About that Ampersand....
     Someone had posted some time ago that evidently a great deal of forethought had gone into the design of the novel's dust cover; the "-son" and "-xon" with the prominently displayed ampersand.  It occurs to me that Pynchon may wish to evoke a theme of "products" of "connection".  Mason _and_ Dixon "produce" a line that goes on to symbolize/represent more than the individuals themselves.  Man and woman "connect" to produce offspring; i.e. Pynchon's recent fatherhood.  Stated another way; what is it that happens when things connect, or are joined together.
                         Similarly, just a thought,
                         Ruud