Orwell

[jbor]

I think MalignD is being overly generous. In what way is Pynchon's
experience as a writer even remotely like that of Winston Smith?

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on 9/11/02 1:44 AM, MalignD at aol.com at MalignD at aol.com wrote:

> << It seems certain that the title is derived from Orwell's novel. >>
> 
> Before this gets set in stone, it seems far from certain.  It's  certainly
> possible.
> 
> The term has broad currency both colloquially and, more specifically, in
> education.  
> 
> I.B.I.S., International Birth Defects Information Systems cites it as a
> common birth defect.
>