The Origin of Species

[Henry Musikar]

I read, write, and edit for a living, and so when I'm not working, I'm shirking.  Thank you, Paul and Keith.  

The incorrect title does, of course, make sense, even though it is wrong, and the more anthropocentric a person or group is, the more sense it makes.  And it makes special sense to racist people, some of whom are not so completely without a sense of science as to believe in Creationism, but instead believe that man, i.e. "the species," did evolve from apes,,,  Major Marvy is a fine example.

Warning... Anyone who is such an incapable reader as to believe that what I have written above is in any way racist should hang up their close-reading creds and never try reading anything difficult like a book by any of the Post-Modernists ☺   I shouldn't have to say it, but I've seen it happen before.

Henry Mu 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Keith McMullen
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:03 AM
To: Pynchon Index Cacorum
Subject: The Origin of Species

Everyone's ignoring Prof. Mackin.

The title of the book is _The Origin of Species_.

Putting a 'the' before 'Species' makes no sense.