Mary Krimmel wrote: >To me, the name suggests "void" just as strongly as "schizoid" and also >suggests "zed", the last letter and the end (of the alphabet). A-and don't forget the echo of Boyd Beaver, kazoo soloist (_The Crying of Lot 49_, page 6 Viking UK Edition 2000). Since Mucho Maas reappears in _VL_, why not Boyd Beaver as Zoyd Wheeler? etb