From: Malignd <malignd at yahoo.com> > > What > I've said most recently is that IF P were evoking > 9/11, as others have insisted, the metaphor of > dropping bombs seems to me inapt. I've never said he > was evoking 9/11; in fact I think he is not. It's clear, though, that Pynchon's phraseology has evoked thoughts of 9/11. d.